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STANDING R*ULES 

FOR 

CONDUCTING BUSINESS 

IN THE 

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



COMMENCEMENT OF DAILY SESSIONS. 

1. The President having taken the chair, and a quo- 
rum being present, the journal of the preceding day shall 
be read, to the end that any mistake may be corrected that 
shall be made in the entries. 

[16 April, 1789. 

Note. A quorum consists of a majority of the sen- 
ators duly chosen. 

[4 May, 1864. 
BUSINESS NOT TO BE INTERRUPTED . 

2- No member shall speak to another, or otherwise 

interrupt the business of the Senate, or read any newspaper, 
while the journals or public papers are reading, or when 
any member is speaking in any debate. 

• [16 April, 1789—14 Feb. 1828. 
RULES IN SPEAKING OR DEBATE . 

3. Every member, when he speaks, shall address 

the Chair, standing in his place, and when he has finished 
shall sit down. 

[16 April, 1789. 

4. No member shall speak more than twice, in any 

one debate, on the same day, without leave of the Senate. 

[16 April, 1789. 



4 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

5- When two members rise at the same time, the 

President shall name the person to speak ; but in all cases 
the member who shall first rise and address the Chair shall 
speak first. 

[16 April, 1789—14 Feb., 1828. 
CALLS TO ORDER AND APPEALS. 

6. If any member, in speaking or otherwise, trans- 



gress the rules of the Senate, the presiding officer shall, or 
any member may, call to order, and when a member shall 
be called to order by the President, or a senator, he shall 
sit down, and shall not proceed without leave of the Senate. 
And every question of order shall be decided by the Presi- 
dent, without debate, subject to an appeal to the Senate ; 
and the President may call for the sense of the Senate on 
any question of order. 

|16 April, 1789—14 Feb., 1828-26 June, 1856. 
EXCEPTIONABLE WORDS. 

7- If the member be called to order by a senator 



for words spoken, the exceptionable words shall immediately 
be taken down in writing, that the President may be better 
able to judge of the matter. 

fl6 April, 1789. 
ABSENT MEMBERS MAY BE SENT FOR. 

8. — — No member shall absent himself from the service 
of the Senate, without leave of the Senate first obtained. 
And in case a less number than a quorum of* the Senate shall 
convene, they are hereby authorized to send the Sergeant- 
at-arms, or any other person or persons by them authorized, 
for any or all absent members, as the majority of such mem- 
bers present shall agree, at the expense of such absent 
members, respectively, unless such excuse for non-attend- 
ance shall be made as the Senate, when a quorum is con- 
vened, shall judge sufficient, and in that case the expense 
shall be paid out of the contingent fund. And this rule 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 5 

shall apply as well to the first convention of the Senate, at 
the legal time of meeting, as to each day of the session, 
after the hour has arrived to which the Senate stood ad- 
journed. 

[16 April, 1789—25 June, 1798—14 Feb., 1828. 
RULE FOR DEBATE. 

9. No motion shall be debated until the same shall 

be seconded. 

[16 April, 1789. 
RULE FOR MOTIONS, DEBATE, AND WITHDRAWAL. 

10. When a motion shall be made and seconded, it 

shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the President, or 
any member, delivered in at the table, and read, before the 
same shall be debated ; and any motion may be withdrawn 
by the mover at any time before a decision, amendment, or 
ordering of the yeas and nays, except a motion to recon- 
sider, which shall not be withdrawn without leave of the 
Senate. 

[16 April, 1789—14 Feb., 1828—21 Jan., 1851. 
PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS WHEN QUESTION IS UNDER DEBATE. 

11. When a question is under debate, no motion 

shall be received but — 

to adjourn, 

to lie on the table, 

to postpone indefinitely, 

to postpone to a day certain, 

to commit, or 

to amend ; 
which several motions shall have precedence in the order 
they stand arranged ; and the motion for adjournment shall 
always be in order, and be decided without debate. 

[16 April, 1789—3 Jan., 1820—14 Feb., 1828. 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 



DIVISION OF A QUESTION. 

12- If the question in debate contain several points. 

any member may have the same divided ; but, on a motion 
to strike out and insert, it shall not be in order to move for 
a division of the question ; but the rejection of a motion to 
strike out and insert one proposition shall not prevent a 
motion to strike out and insert a different proposition ; nor 
prevent a subsequent motion simply to strike out : nor shall 
the rejection of a motion simply to strike out prevent a 
subsequent motion to strike out and insert. 

[L6 April, 1789—23 June, 1832. 
FILLING BLANKS. 

13. In filling up blanks, the largest sum and longest 

time shall be first put. 

[16 April, 1789— 3 Jan., 1820— 14 Feb.. 182a 
OBJECTION TO READING A PAPER. 

14. When the reading of a paper is called for. and 

the same is objected to by any member, it shall be deter- 
mined by a vote of the Senate, and without debate. 

[3 Jan.. 1520—14 Feb., 1828. 
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — PRIOR SPECIAL ORDER. 

15. The unfinished business in which the Senate 

was engaged at the last preceding adjournment shall have 
the preference in the special orders of the day. 

[3 Jan., 1820—14 Feb., 1828. 
RULES FOR YEAS AND NAYS. 

16. \Yhen the yeas and nays shall be called for by 

one-fifth of the members present, each member called upon 
shall, unless for special reasons he be excused by the Senate, 
declare openly, and without debate, his assent or dissent to 
the question. In taking the yeas and nays, and upon the 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 7 

call of the house, the names of the members shall be taken 
alphabetically. 

[16 April, 1789. 

17. When the yeas and nays shall be taken upon 

any question, in pursuance of the above rule, no member 
shall be permitted, under any circumstances whatever, to 
vote after the decision is announced from the Chair. 

[4 April, 1822—14 Feb., 1823. 
RULE FOR CLOSING DOORS AND CLEARING GALLERY. 

18. On a motion made and seconded to shut the 

doors of the Senate, on the discussion of any business which 
may, in the opinion of a member, require secrecy, the 
President shall direct the gallery to be cleared ; and during 
the discussion of such motion the doors shall remain shut. 

[20 Feb., 1794. 
NO PERSON ADMITTED TO PRESENT PETITION, ETC. 

19. No motion shall be deemed: in order to admit 

any person or persons whatsoever within the doors of the 
Senate chamber to present any petition, memorial, or ad- 
dress, or to hear any such read. 

[27 April, 1798. 
RULE FOR RECONSIDERATION. 

20- When a question has been once made and car- 
ried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for 
any member of the majority to move for the reconsideration 
thereof; but no motion for the reconsideration of any vote 
shall be in order after a bill, resolution, message, report, 
amendment, or motion upon which the vote was taken shall 
have gone out of the possession of the Senate, announcing 
their decision, except a resolution confirming or rejecting a 
nomination by the President ; nor shall any motion for re- 
consideration be in order, unless made on the same day on 
which the vote was taken, or within the two next days of 
actual session of the Senate thereafter ; but a motion to 



5 STANDING BULBS OF THE SENATE. 

osider a vote upon a nomination shall always, if the 
resolution announcing the decision of the Senate has been 
sent to the President, be accompanied by a motion request- 
ing the President to return the same to the Senate 

-: Feb.. 1790—26 March, 1806— April 6, 1867. 
CASTING "071 OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT. 

21- When the Senate are equally divided, the Sec- 
retary shall take the decision of the President. 

[M July 1781 

QUESTION PET BY PRESIDENT SENATE. 

22- All questions shall be put by the President of 

the Senate, either in the presence or absence of the Presi- 
dent of the United States, and the senators shall signify 
their -sent or dissent, by answering aye or no. 

[21 Aug 1789. 

APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER TO THE CHAIR. 

23. The Vice-President, or President of the Senate 

pro tempore, shall have the right to name a member to 

perform the duties of the chair : but such substitution shall 

not extend bevond an adjournment. 

isac 

:■::■?. NiNG business, petitions, reports, etc. 

24. After the journal is read, the President shall 

first call for petitions, and then for reports from standing 
committees : and every petition, or memorial, or other paper 
shall be referred, of course, without putting a question for 
that purpose, unless the reference is objected to by a mem- 
ber at the time such petition, memorial, or other paper, is 
presented. And before any petition or memorial, addressed 
to the Senate, shall be received and read at the table, 
whether the same shall be introduced by the President or 
a member, a brief statement of the contents of Lhe petition 
or memorial shall verbally be made by the introducer. 

[18 April, 1789—10 April 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 



NOTICE AND PRINTING OF BILLS, ETC. 

25- One day's notice, at least, shall be given of an 

intended motion for leave to bring in a bill ; and all bills 
reported by a committee shall, after the first reading, be 
printed for the use of the Senate ; but no other paper or 
document shall be printed for the use of the Senate without 
special order. 

[16 April, 1789—3 Jan., 1820—8 April, 1822—14 Feb., 1828. 

ACTION ON BILLS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, ETC., AND SUSPENSION OF 
JOINT RULES. 

26. Every bill shall receive three readings previous 

to its being passed, and the President shall give notice at 
each whether it be the first, second, or third ; whi(?h read- 
ing shall be on three different days, unless the Senate unan- 
imously direct otherwise. And all resolutions proposing 
amendments to the Constitution, or to widen the approba- 
tion and signature of the President may be requisite, or 
which may grant money out of the contingent or any other 
fund, shall be treated, in all respects, in the introduction 
and form of proceedings on them, in the Senate, in a similar 
manner with bills j and all other resolutions shall lie on the 
table one day for consideration, and also reports of commit- 
tees. A motion to suspend, or to concur in a resolution of 
the House to suspend the 16th and 17th joint rules, or either 
of them, shall always be in order, be immediately consid- 
ered, and be decided without debate. 

[16 April, 1789—26 March, 1806—3 Jan., 1820—24 Feb., 1828—7 May, 1852. 

Resolved, That the 26th rule of the Senate be repealed, 
so far as it may affect bills or joint resolutions of the Senate 
or House of Representatives proposing or providing for or 
relating to amendments to the Constitution of the United 
States. 

[2 March, 1861. 

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W STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

COMMITMENT OF BILLS. 

27- No bill shall be committed or amended until it 

shall have been twice read, after which it may be referred 
to a committee. 

[16 April, 1789. 
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 

28« All bills on a second reading shall first be con- 
sidered by the Senate in the same manner as if the Senate 
were in committee of the whole, before they shall be taken 
up and proceeded on by the Senate agreeably to the stand- 
ing rules, unless otherwise ordered. AnoJ when the Senate 
shall consider a treaty, bill, or resolution, as in committee 
of the whole, the Vice-President, or President pro tempore, 
may call a member to fill the chair during the time the 
Senate shall remain in committee of the whole ; and the 
chairman so called shall, during such time, have the powers 
of a President pro tempore. 

[21 May, 1789—26 March, 1806—3 Jan., 1820. 

FINAL QUESTIONS ON BILLS — REFERENCE TO COURT OF CLAIMS, 

ETC. 

29- The final question upon the second reading of 

every bill, resolution, constitutional amendment, or motion, 
originating in the Senate, and requiring three readings pre- 
vious to being passed, shall be, "Whether it shall be en- 
grossed and read a third time?' 7 and no amendment shall 
be received for discussion at a third reading of any bill, 
resolution, amendment, or motion, unless b} 7 unanimous 
consent of the members present ; but it shall at all times 
be in order, before the final passage of any such bill, reso- 
lution, constitutional amendment, or motion, to move its 
commitment ; and should such commitment take place, and 
any amendment be reported by the committee, the said bill, 
resolution, constitutional amendment, or motion, shall be 
again read a second time, and considered as in committee 



STANDING RULES OP THE SENATE. 11 

of the whole, and then the aforesaid question shall be again 
put. Whenever a private bill is under consideration, it 
shall be in order to move, as a substitute for it, a resolution 
of the Senate referring the case to the Court of Claims. 

[4 Feb., 1807—26 June, 1856. 
AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATION BILLS. 

30- No amendment proposing additional appropria- 
tions shall be received to any general appropriation bill, 
unless it be made to carry out the provisions of some exist- 
ing law, or some act or resolution, previously passed by the 
Senate during that session, or moved by direction of a 
standing or select committee of the Senate, or in pursuance 
of an estimate from the head of some of the departments ; 
and no amendment shall be received whose object is to 
provide for a private claim, unless it be to carry out the 
provisions of an existing law or a treaty stipulation. 

All amendments to general appropriation bills reported 
from committees of the Senate, proposing new items of ap- 
propriation, shall, one day before they are offered, be re- 
ferred to the Committee on Appropriations, and all general 
appropriation bills shall be referred to the said committee. 

[19 Dec, 1850—7 May, 1852—13 Jan , 1854—3 May, 1854—7 March, 1867. 
SPECIAL ORDERS. 

31. When the hour shall have arrived for the con- 
sideration of a special order, it shall be the duty of the 
Chair to take up such special order, and the Senate shall 
proceed to consider it, unless it be postponed by vote of the 
Senate. 

[26 Jung, 1856. 
PRECEDENCE IN SPECIAL ORDERS. 

When two or more subjects shall have been specially as- 
signed for consideration, they shall take precedence accord- 
ing to the order of time at which they were severally 



12 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 



assigned, and such order shall at no time be lost or changed 
except by the direction of the Senate. 



[26 June, 1856. 
PRECEDENCE IN SPECIAL ORDERS AND OVER GENERAL ORDERS. 



When two or more subjects shall have been assigned for 
the same hour, the subject first assigned for that hour shall 
take precedence ; but special orders shall always have pre- 
cedence of general orders, unless such special orders shall 
be postponed by direction of the Senate. 

[26 June, 1356. 
SPECIAL ORDERS NOT TO LOSE THEIR POSITION. 

Special orders shall not lose their position on account of 
intervening adjournments : nor shall they lose their relative 
position on the calendar, except by vote of the Senate, until 
finally disposed of. 

[26 June, 1856. 
TWO-THIRDS REQUIRED TO MAKE A SPECIAL ORDER. 

Provided, That no bill, joint resolution, or other subject, 
be made a special order for a particular day and hour with- 
out the concurrence of two-thirds of the senators present. 

[13 January, 1862. 
MAKING UP THE JOURNAL. 

32. The titles of bills, and such parts thereof only 

as shall be affected by proposed amendments, shall be in- 
serted on the journals. 

[12 March, 1792. 

33. The proceedings of the Senate, when not acting 

as in committee of the whole, shall be entered on the jour- 
nal as concisely as possible, care being taken to detail a true 
and accurate account of the proceedings ; but every vote of 
the Senate shall be entered on the journal, and a brief state- 
ment of the contents of each petition, memorial, or paper, 
presented to the Senate, shall also be inserted on the journal. 

[19 May, 1789—12 March, 1792—14 Feb., 1823. 



STANDING RULES OP THE SENATE. 13 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 

34- The following standing committees shall be ap- 
pointed at the commencement of each session, with leave to 
report by bill or otherwise : 

[5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Foreign Relations, to consist of seven 
members. 

[10 Dec, 1816—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Finance, to consist of seven members. 

[10 Dec, 1816—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Appropriations, to consist of seven mem- 
bers. 

[ 6 March, 1867. 

A Committee on Commerce, to consist of seven members. 

[10 Dec, 1816—7 Dec, 1825—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Manufactures, to consiat of five members. 

[10 Feb., 1864. 

A Committee on Agriculture, to consist of five members. 

[6 March, 1863. 

A Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to con- 
sist of seven members. 

[10 Dec, 1816—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Naval Affairs, to consist of seven mem- 
bers. 

[10 Dec, 1816—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on the Judiciary, to consist of seven mem- 
bers. 

[10 Dec, 1816—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to consist 
of seven members. 

[10 Dec, 1816-5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Public Lands, to consist of seven mem- 
bers. 

[10 Dec, 1816—5 March, 1857. 



14 STANDING EULES OF THE SENATE. 

A Committee on Private Land Claims, to consist of five 
members. 

[27 Dec, 1826—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Indian Affairs, to consist of seven mem- 
bers. 

[3 Jan., 1820—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Pensions, to consist of seven members. 

[10 Dec, 1816—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to consist of five 
members. 

[28 Dec, 1832—5 March, 1857. 

A. Committee on Claims, to consist of seven members. 

[10 Dec, 1816—5 March, 1857—26 Jan., 1860. 

A Committee on the District of Columbia, to consist of 
seven members. 

[18 Dec, 1816—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to consist 
of five members. 

[7 Sept., 1837— 5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to con- 
sist of five members, who shall have power also to act 
jointly with the same committee of the House of Repre- 
sentatives. 

[16 Dec, 1819—19 Dec, 1837—28 May, 1850—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Territories, to consist of seven members. 

[25 March, 1844—5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to consist of nine 
members. 

[22 Dec, 1863. 

A Committee on Mines and Mining, to consist of seven 
members. 

[8 March, 1865. 

A Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the Senate, to consist of three members, to whom 
shall be referred all resolutions directing the payment of 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 15 

money out of the contingent fund of the Senate, or creating 
a charge on the same. 

\i Nov., 1807—7 April, 1853—5 March, 1857. 
PRINTING. 

A Committee on Printing, to consist of three members, 
to whom shall be referred every question on the printing of 
documents, reports, or other matter transmitted by either 
of the executive departments, and all memorials, petitions, 
accompanying documents, together with all other matter 
the printing of which shall be moved, excepting bills orig- 
inating in Congress, resolutions offered by any senator, 
communications from the legislatures or conventions law- 
fully called of the respective States, and motions to print 
by order of the standing committees of the Senate; motions 
to print additional numbers shall likewise be referred to said 
committee; and when the report shall be in favor of print- 
ing additional numbers, it shall be accompanied by an esti- 
mate of the probable cost; the said committee shall also 
supervise and direct the procuring of maps and drawings 
accompanying documents ordered to be printed. 

[15 Dec, 1841—18 Dec, 1850—22 Jan., 1855— 5 March, 1857. 

A Committee on Engrossed Bills, to consist of three 
members, whose duty it shall be to examine all bills, amend- 
ments, resolutions, or motions before they go out of the 
possession of the Senate; and shall deliver the same to the 
Secretary of the Senate, who shall enter upon the journal 
that the same have been correctly engrossed. 

[3 Jan., 1820. 

A Committee on Enrolled Bills, to consist of three mem- 
bers. 

[6 Aug., 1739—5 March, 1857. 
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. 

35. In the appointment of the standing committees, 

the Senate will proceed, by ballot, severally to appoint the 



16 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

chairman of each committee, and then, by one ballot, the 
other members necessary to complete the same; and a 
majority of the whole number of votes given shall be neces- 
sary to the choice of a chairman of a standing committee. 
All other committees shall be appointed by ballot, and a 
plurality of votes shall make a choice. When any subject 
or matter shall have been referred to a committee, any 
other subject or matter of a similar nature may. on motion, 
be referred to such committee. 

[3 Jan., 1820—8 Dec, 1826—14 Feb., 1828. 
REFERENCE TO STANDING OR SELECT COMMITTEES. 

36. When motions are made for reference of the 

same subject to a select committee and to a standing com- 
mittee, the question on reference to the standing committee 
shall be first put, 

[14 Feb., 1828. 

RULE 35 — Xote. — January 19, 1848. The Senate decided that in filling a vacancy on a com- 
mittee, caused by the resignation of a chairman, by the President of the Senate, in accordance 
with an order of the Senate, it .*hall be only to fill up the number on the committee. 

EXECUTIVE BUSINESS — PROCEEDINGS ON NOMINATIONS. 

37. When nominations shall be made in writing by 

the President of the United States to the Senate, a future 
day shall be assigned, unless the Senate unanimously direct 
otherwise, for taking them into consideration. Nominations 
neither approved nor rejected during the session at which 
they are made shall not be acted upon at any succeeding 
session without being again made by the President. When 
the President of the United States shall meet the Senate in 
the Senate chamber, the President of the Senate shall have 
a chair on the floor, be considered as the head of the Senate, 
and his chair shall be assigned to the President of the 
United States. When the Senate shall be convened by the 
President of the United States to any other place, the Presi- 
dent of the Senate and senators shall attend at the place 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. IT 

appointed. The Secretary of the Senate shall also attend 
to take the minutes of the Senate. 

[21 Aug., 1789— 18 Feb., 1843. 
PROCEEDINGS ON TREATIES. 

38. Whenever a treaty shall be laid before the 

Senate for ratification, it shall be read a first time for in- 
formation only, when no motion to reject, ratify, or modify 
the whole, or any part, shall be received. Its second read- 
ing shall be for consideration, and on a subsequent day, 
when it shall be taken up as in committee of the whole, and 
every one shall be free to move a question on any particular 
article, in this form : "Will the Senate advise and consent 
to the ratification of this article?" or to propose amend- 
ments thereto, either by inserting or leaving out words ; in 
which last case the question shall be, "Shall these words 
stand as part of the article?" And in every of the said 
cases the concurrence of two-thirds of the senators present 
shall be requisite to decide affirmatively. And when through 
the whole, the proceedings shall be stated to the House, 
and questions shall be again severally put thereon for con- 
firmation, or new ones proposed, requiring, in like manner, 
a concurrence of two-thirds for whatever is retained or in- 
serted ; the votes so confirmed shall, by the House, or a 
committee thereof, be reduced into the form of a ratifica- 
tion, with or without modifications, as may have been de- 
cided, and shall be proposed on a subsequent day, when 
every one shall again be free to move amendments, either 
by inserting or leaving out words; in which last case the 
question shall be, "Shall these words stand as part of the 
resolution?' 7 And in both cases the concurrence of two- 
thirds shall be requisite to carry the affirmative, as well as 
on the final question to advise and consent to the ratification 
in the form agreed to. 

[6 Jan., 1801. 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 



MATTERS CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET. 

39- All confidential communications made by the 

President of the United States to the Senate shall be by the 
members thereof kept secret, and all treaties which may 
"be laid before the Senate shall also be kept secret until the 
Senate shall, by their resolution, take off the injunction of 
secrecy. 

[22 Dec, 1800—3 Jan., 1820. 
SECRECY OF REMARKS ON NOMINATIONS. 

40- All information or remarks touching or concern- 
ing the character or qualifications of any person nominated 
by the President to office shall be kept a secret. 

[3 Jan., 1820. 
CLEARING OF THE SENATE. 

41- When acting on confidential or executive busi- 
ness, the Senate shall be cleared of all persons except the 
Secretary, the principal or executive clerk, the Sergeant- 
at-arms and doorkeeper, and the assistant doorkeeper. 

[3 Jan., 1820. 
THREE SEPARATE JOURNALS TO BE KEPT. 

42- The legislative proceedings, the executive pro- 
ceedings, and the confidential legislative proceedings of the 
Senate, shall be kept in separate and distinct books. 

[19 May, 1739—15 April, 1828. 
EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS FURNISHED TO THE PRESIDENT. 

43. The President of the United States shall, from 

time to time, be furnished with an authenticated transcript 
of the executive records of the Senate: and all nominations 
approved or definitely acted on by the Senate shall be re- 
turned by the Secretary on the next day after such action 
is had. unless otherwise ordered by the Senate; but no fur- 
ther extract from the executive journal shall be furnished, 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 19 

except by special order: and no paper, except original trea- 
ties, transmitted to the Senate by the President of the 
United States, or any executive officer, shall be returned or 
delivered from the office of the Secretary without an order 
of the Senate for that purpose. 

[27 Jan., 1792—27 March, 1818—5 Jan., 1829—6 April, 1862. 
PROCEEDINGS ON AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. 

44. When an amendment to be proposed to the 

Constitution is under consideration, the concurrence of two- 
thirds of the members present shall not be requisite to de- 
cide any question for amendments, or extending to the 
merits, being short of the final question. 

[26 March, 1806. 
RECONSIDERATION. 

45- When any question may have been decided by 

the Senate, in which two-thirds of the members present are 
necessary to carry the affirmative, any member who votes 
on that side which prevailed in the question may be at lib- 
erty to move for a reconsideration; and a motion for recon- 
sideration shall be decided by a majority of votes. 

[3 Feb., 180L 
MESSAGES TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

46. Messages shall be sent to the House of Repre- 
sentatives by the Secretary, who shall previously endorse 
the final determination of the Senate thereon. 

[26 March, 1806. 
MESSENGERS INTRODUCED. 

47. Messengers are introduced in any state of busi- 
ness, except while a question is putting, while the yeas and 
nays are calling, or while the ballots are counting. 

[26 March, 1806, 
/ 

PERSONS ADMITTED ON FLOOR. 

48. No person shall be admitted to the floor of the 

Senate, while in session, except as follows, viz: The officers 



20 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

of the Senate, members of the House of Representatives 
and their Clerk, the President of the United States and his 
private secretary, the heads of departments, foreign minis- 
ters, ex-Presidents and ex-Yice-Presidents of the United 
States, ex-senators, senators elect, judges of the Supreme 
Court, and governors of States and Territories. 

[17 March, 1353—23 January, 1854—24 January, 1854—6 March, 1856—11 January, 1859— 
7 February, 1862. 

REGULATION OF SENATE'S PART OF CAPITOL. 

49. The presiding officer of the Senate shall have 

the regulation of such parts of the Capitol, and of its pas- 
sages, as are or may be set apart for the use of the Senate 
and its officers. 

[22 Jan., 1324-14 Feb., 1828. 
RESTRICTION OF PRESENTING REJECTED CLAIMS. 

50. Whenever a claim is presented to the Senate 

and referred to a committee, and the committee report that 
the claim ought not to be- allowed, and the report be adopted 
by the Senate, it shall not be in order to move to take the 
papers from the files for the purpose of referring them at a 
subsequent session, unless the claimant shall present a me- 
morial for that purpose, stating in what respect the com- 
mittee have erred in their report, or that new evidence has 
been discovered since the report, and setting forth the new 
evidence in the memorial : Provided, That this rule shall 
not extend to any case where an adverse report, not in 
writing, shall have been made prior to the 25th day of 
January, 1842. 

[25 Jan., 1842—21 Dec, 1842. 
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING CONFIDENCE OF SENATE. 

51. Any officer or member of the Senate convicted 

of disclosing for publication any written or printed matter 
directed by the Senate to be held in confidence, shall be 
liable, if an officer, to dismissal from the service of the 
Senate, and, in the case of a member, to suffer expulsion 
from the bod v. 

[10 May, 1844. 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 21 

52- The oath or affirmation prescribed by act of 

Congress of July 2, 1862, to be taken and subscribed before 
entering upon the duties of office, shall be taken and sub- 
scribed by every senator in open Senate before entering 
upon his duties. It shall also be taken and subscribed in 
the same way by the Secretary of the Senate; but the other 
officers of the Senate may take and subscribe it in the office 
of the Secretary. 

[25 Jan. ,1864. 



JOINT RULES 



OF 



THE TWO HOUSES. 



JOINT RULES OF THE TWO HOUSES. 



CONFERENCES. 



1. In every case of an amendment of a bill agreed 

to in one House and dissented to in the other, if either 
House shall request a, conference, and appoint a committee 
for that purpose, and the other House shall also appoint a 
committee to confer, such committee shall, at a convenient 
hour, to be agreed on by their chairmen, meet in the confer- 
ence chamber, and state to each other, verbally or in writing, 
as either shall choose, the reasons of their respective Houses 
for and against the amendment, and confer freely thereon. 

[15 April, 1789. 
MESSAGE SENT TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

2. When a message shall be sent from the Senate 



to the House of Eepresentatives, it shall be announced at 
the door of the House by the Doorkeeper, and shall be re- 
spectfully communicated to the Chair by the person by 
whom it may be sent. 

MESSAGE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SENATE. 

3. The same ceremony shall be observed when a 

message shall be sent from the House of Representatives to 
the Senate. 

BY WHOM MESSAGES MAY BE SENT. 

4. Messages shall be sent by such persons as a sense 



of propriety in each House may determine to be proper. 
4 



JOIM BULBS OF THE TWO HOUSES. 



ESZI BILLS 

5. While bills are on their passage between the 

Houses, they shall be on paper, and under the signature of 
the Secretary or Clerk of each House, respectively. 

[6 August, 1789. 
LLED BELLS. 

6. After a bill shall have passed both Hous— 

shall be duly enrolled on parchment by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives, or the Secretary of the Senate, as 
the bill may have originated in the one or the other House, 
before it shall be presented to the President of the United 
S::.:rs. 

T 7 ENROLLED BILL-. 

7- When bills are enrolled they shall be examined 

by a joint committee of two from the Senate and two from 
the House of Rep resentatives, appointed as a standing com- 
mittee for that purpose, who shall carefully compare the 
enrolment with the engrossed bills, as passed in the 
Houses, and correcting any errors that may be discovered 
in the enrolled bills, make their report. forthwith to their 
respective House-. 

[6 August. 1789—1 Feb.. 1827. 
SIGNING 7 ENROLLED BILL-. 

8- After examination and report, each bill shall be 

signed in the respective Houses, first the Speaker of the 
House of Re] -rsentatives. then by the President of the 
Senate. 

[6 August, 1789. 
PRESENTATIOH 7 7 LLED BILLr 7 

9. After a bill shall have been thus signed in each 

Hou?. ill be presented by the said committee to the 



JOINT RULES OF THE TWO HOUSES. 27 

President of the United States, for his approbation, (it being 
first endorsed on the back of the roll, certifying in which 
House the same originated; which endorsement shall be 
signed by the Secretary or Clerk, as the case may be, of the 
House in which the same did originate,) and shall be en- 
tered on the journal of each House. The said committee 
shall report the day of presentation to the President; which 
time shall also be carefully entered on the journal of each 
House. 

[6 August, 1789. 

SAME PROCEEDINGS AS ABOVE ON ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS, AND 
VOTES, AS ON BILLS. 

10- All orders, resolutions, and votes, which are to 

be presented to the President of the United States for his 
approbation, shall also, in the same manner, be previously 
enrolled, examined, and signed; and shall be presented in 
the same manner, and by the same committee, as provided 
in the cases of bills. 

[6 August, 1789. 
JOINT ADDRESS TO THE PRESIDENT. 

11. When the Senate and House of Representatives 

shall judge it proper to make a joint address to the Presi- 
dent, it shall be presented to him in his audience chamber 
by the President of the Senate, in the presence of the 
Speaker and both Houses. 

[6 August, 1789. 
NOTICE OF REJECTED BILL. 

12- When a bill or resolution which shall have 

passed in one House is rejected in the other, notice thereof 
shall be given to the House in which the same shall have 



[10 August, 1790. 
REJECTED BILL NOT RENEWED WITHOUT TEN DAYS' NOTICE. 

13. When a bill or resolution which has been passed 

in one House shall be rejected in the other, it shall not be 



28 JOINT RULES OF THE TWO HOUSES. 

brought in during the same session, without a notice of ten 
days and leave of two -thirds of that House in which it shall 
be renewed. 

[10 June, 1790. 
PAPERS TO BE SENT WITH BILLS. 

14. Each House shall transmit to the other all pa- 
pers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded. 

[10 June, 1790. 
ADHERENCE BY EACH HOUSE DESTROYS BILL. 

15. After each House shall have adhered to their 

disagreement, a bill or resolution shall be lost. 

[10 June, 1790. 

BILL NOT TO BE SENT TO OTHER HOUSE ON THREE LAST DAYS OF 

SESSION. 

*16. No bill that shall have passed one House shall 

be sent for concurrence to the other on either of the last 
three days of the session. 

BILL NOT TO BE SENT TO THE PRESIDENT ON LAST DAY OF SESSION. 

*17. Mo bill or resolution that shall have passed the 

House of Representatives and the Senate shall be presented 
to the President of the United States, for his approbation, 
on the last day of the session. 

PRINTING OF BILLS BY THE OTHER HOUSE. 

18- When bills which have passed one House are 

ordered to be printed in the other, a greater number of 
copies shall not be printed than may be necessary for the 
use of the House making the order. 

[9 Feb., 1829. 



* By the 26th Rule of Senate : A motion to suspend or concur in resolution of H. R. to 
suspend the 16th and 17th Joint Rules, or either of them, shall always be in order, immediately 
considered, and decided without debate. 

[7 May, 1852. 



JOINT RULES OP THE TWO HOUSES. 29 



SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS FORBIDDEN. 

19. No spirituous or malt liquors or wines shall be 

offered for sale, exhibited, or kept within the Capitol, or in 
any room or building connected therewith, or on the public 
grounds adjacent thereto. And it shall be the duty of the 
Sergeants-at-arms of the two Houses, under the supervision 
of the presiding officers thereof, respectively, to enforce 
the foregoing provisions. And any officer or employe of 
either House who shall in any manner violate, or connive 
at the violation of this rule, shall be dismissed from office. 

[18 Sep., 1837— H. R., 26 Feb., 1844— S., 30 May, 1844. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY. 

20. There shall be a joint committee on the Library, 

to consist of three members on the part of the Senate and 
three on the part of the House of Representatives, to super- 
intend and direct the expenditure of all moneys appro- 
priated for the Library, and to perform such other duties 
as are or may be directed by law. 

[S., 6 Dec, U343— H. R., 7 Dec, 1843. 
CONTINUANCE OF BUSINESS AT SUBSEQUENT SESSION. 

21. After six days from the commencement of a 

second or subsequent session of Congress, all bills, resolu- 
tions, or reports, which originated in either House, and at 
the close of the next preceding session remained undeter- 
mined in either House, shall be resumed and acted on in the 
same manner as if an adjournment had not taken place. 

[14 August, 1848; 

22. The two Houses shall assemble in the hall of 

the House of Representatives at the hour of one o'clock p. 
m., on the second Wednesday in February next succeeding 
the meeting of the electors of President and Yice-President 
of the United States, and the President of the Senate shall 
be their presiding officer; one teller shall be appointed on 



30 JOINT RULES OF THE TWO HOUSES. 

the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of 
Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are 
opened by the President of the Senate, the certificates of 
the electoral votes; and said tellers, having read the same 
in the presence and hearing of the two Houses then assem- 
bled, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from 
the said certificates; and the votes having been counted, the 
result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the 
Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote 
and the names of the persons, if any, elected; which an- 
nouncement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the 
persons elected President and Vice-President of the United 
States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on 
the journals of the two Houses. If, upon the reading of any 
such certificate by the tellers, any question shall arise in re- 
gard to counting the votes therein certified, the same having 
been stated by the presiding officer, the Senate shall there- 
upon withdraw, and said question shall be submitted to that 
body for its decision ; and the Speaker of the House of Repre- 
sentatives shall, in like manner, submit said question to the 
House of Representatives for its decision; and no question 
shall be decided affirmatively, and no vote objected to shall 
be counted, except by the concurrent votes of the two 
Houses; which being obtained, the two Houses shall imme- 
diately reassemble, and the presiding officer shall then an- 
nounce the decision of the question submitted, and upon 
any such question there shall be no debate in either House; 
and any other question pertinent to the object for which 
the two Houses are assembled may be submitted and deter- 
mined in like manner. At such joint meeting of the two 
Houses seats shall be provided as follows: for the President 
of the Senate, the "Speaker's chair;" for the Speaker, a 
chair immediately upon his left; the senators in the body 
of the hall, upon the right of the presiding officer; for the 
representatives, in the body of the hall not occupied by the 



JOINT RULES OF THE TWO HOUSES. 31 

senators; for the tellers, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk 
of the House of Representatives, at the Clerk's desk; for 
the other officers of the two Houses, in front of the Clerk's 
desk and upon either side of the Speaker's platform. Such 
joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes 
are all counted and the result declared; and no recess shall 
be taken unless a question shall have arisen in regard to 
counting any of such votes; in which case it shall be com- 
petent for either House, acting separately, in the manner 
hereinbefore provided, to direct a recess, not beyond the 
next day at the hour of one o'clock p. m. 



ANALYTICAL INDEX 



RULES OE THE SEIATE. 



A. 



No. 



Absent himself from Senate, without leave first obtained. No member 

shall 8 

Absent members may be sent for, by less than a quorum, at the expense 
of such members, unless excused, and then paid out of the contingent 
fund 8 

Additional numbers of documents to be referred to the Committee on 
Printing-. Motions to print 34 

Address, or hear any such read. No person shall be admitted to present 

any petition, memorial, or 19 

Adjourn, &c. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be 

received but to T 11 

Adjournment shall always be in order and shall be decided without debate. 

The motion for 11 

Adjournment. The substitution of a member to fill the chair shall not 

extend beyond an 23 

Adjournments. Special orders not to lose their position on the calendar 
on account of intervening- 31 

Admit any person in Senate to present a petition, &c. , &c. No motion in 

order to 19 

Admitted on the floor of the Senate. Description of persons (and none 

others) who shall be , . 48 

Agriculture, to consist of five members. A standing- Committee on 34 

Alphabetically. In taking the yeas and nays, or on a call of the House, 

the names of the members taken 16 

Amend. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received 
but to adjourn, to lie on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone 
to a day certain, to commit, or to 11 

Amended until twice read, &c. No bill shall be 27 

Amendment. Any motion may be withdrawn before 10 

Amendments containing several points may be divided, but a motion to 
strike out and insert shall not be divided. The rejection of a motion 
to strike out and insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion to 
strike out and insert a different proposition, nor a motion simply 
strike out, nor another motion to strike out and insert 2 



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Amexdmext* to the Constitution same as on bills, &c Hie proceedings 

on m 

AMEMBMESl. 1" ^jHendment. shall fee received for discussion al & third 
£ c, unites fey unanimous consent; bat suel 

reported, the bill, &c, shall again, be read a second tame, &c, (see 

_K«fe) 29 

Amendment shall be, tt Whether it shall be engrossed and read a third 

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AMEXD3U 

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AMEXI 

be proposed to the Constitution is under consideration, the 

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beixr •'_ : ihe final question. When an 44 

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Appeal to the Sens: question of order shall be decided by die 

President, without debate, subject to an 6 

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" _ : 

Appoenttmext of standing committees the Senate will proceed, fey ballot, 

ballot, the other members necessary to complete the same; and a ma- 
jority of the whole number of votes given shall- be necessary to the 

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APPEOPEE4.TIOX bil . lions upon anTtendiroents to any general (see 

Amendment— Fade— Bill ' ) 30 

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: raiding to the order of time for which they 

31 

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INDEX TO STANDING KULES OF SENATE. 6 

No. 

Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to consist of 
three members, to whom shall be referred all resolutions directing the 
payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate, or creating 
a charge on the same. Standing Committee to 34 

Aye or No. The President of the Senate shall put all questions, and the 

members shall answer 22 

B. 

Ballot, &c. All standing and other committees shall be appointed by.. 35 

Ballots are being counted, &c. Messengers are introduced in any state 

of business, except while the 47 

Bill, resolution, &c, has gone out of possession of the Senate. No motion 

for reconsideration shall be in order after a 20 

Bill. One day's notice shall be given for asking leave to introduce a 25 

Bills reported by a committee shall, after first reading, be printed 25 

Bill shall receive three readings before being passed. Each 20 

Bill, which readings shall be on different days, unless Senate unanimously 
direct otherwise. The President shall give notice at first, second, and 
third reading of each 26 

Bills proposing amendments to the Constitution. Pule 26 repealed so far 

as regards 26 

Bills. All resolutions requiring the signature of the President, or granting 

money out of contingent or other fund, shall be treated as 26 

Bill shall be committed or amended until it shall have been twice read, 

after which it may be committed. No 27 

Bills on a second reading shall first be considered as fn Committee of the 
Whole before being considered in Senate, unless otherwise ordered. 
All 28 

Bill in Committee of the Whole, the Vice-President, or President pro tem- 
pore, may call a member to fill the chair, &c. When the Senate shall 
consider a 28 

Bill originating in the Senate shall be ''Whether it shall be engrossed 
and read a third time?" The final question on the second reading of 
every 29 

Bill, unless by unanimous consent of the members present. No amend- 
ment shall be received for discussion at the third reading of any 29 

Bill to move its commitment. It shall at all times be in order before the 

final passage of any 29 

Bills reported with any amendment, after such commitment, shall be again 
read a second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole, and 
then the question shall again be put "Whether it shall be engrossed 
and read a third time?" * 29 

Bill is under consideration, it shall be in order to move, as a substitute for 
it, a resolution of the Senate referring the case to the Court of Claims. 
Whenever a private 29 



4 DTDEX TO STAXDEfG BULBS OF SESAXE. 

■a 
Bnx, iwiImbs to cany out the provisions of some existing law. or act* or 

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pointed at the eonanencement of each session, with leave to report by. 34 

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li-e: :i_t :: ^z-z re z.izzy :: :le ^i-z :: le rizzrr: zzz rle .zzzrf zz- 

conreetlj" engrossed. A Conunitiee on. Engrossed . 34 

Bills to be printed vdtfcoot being referred to the C o miii ille e on Printing-- 34 

Bills, to consist of three members. A •! :z_z_z::ee ::Z 34 

Blax&S the lazgest snm and longest time shall be first pot. InfflEing 13 

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2 lkkijmkss at preceding adjournment shall have preference in the specie! 

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BrsiXESS 5n the Senate. Order of morning 24 

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Calendar on account of intervening adjournments. Special orders not 

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Call of the House, the names taken aJphabeticalty. Upon a 16 

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INDEX TO STANDING RULES OP SENATE. 5 

No. 

C HAIR. Every member, rising to speak, shall address the 3 

,OnAlR shall speak first, the Chair to name the member. The member who 

shall first rise and address the 5 

Chair shall, or a member may, call to order when rules are transgressed. 

The 6 

Chair no member shall be permitted to vote. When the decision shall be 

announced by the 17 

Chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment. 
The Vice-President, or President pro tempore, shall have the right to 
name a member to perform the duties of the 23 

Chair during the time the Senate shall remain in Committee of the Whole ; 
and the chairman so called shall, during such time, have the powers 
of a President pro tempore. When the Senate shall consider a treaty, 
bill, or resolution, as in Committee of the Whole, the Vice-President, 
or President pro tempore, may call a member to fill the 28 

Chair to take up such special order, and it shall be considered unless post- 
poned by a vote of the Senate. When the hour has arrived for the 
consideration of a special order, it shall be the duty of the 31 

Chairman of the Committee of the Whole shall, during the time of remain- 
ing in such committee, have the powers of a President pro tempore. 
The 28 

Chairman of each standing committee, the Senate shall proceed by ballot, 
and a majority of the whole number of votes given shall be necessary 
to a choice. In the appointment of the » 35 

Character or qualification of any person nominated by the President to 
office shall be kept secret. All information "or remarks touching or 
concerning the 40 

Claims in appropriation bills. Restrictions upon amendments providing 

for private 30 

Claims, to consist of five members. A standing Committee on 34 

Claims reported against and rejected. Restriction on the presentation of. 50 

Claim is presented to the Senate and referred to a committee, and the com- 
mittee report that the claim ought not to be allowed, and the report be 
adopted by the Senate, it shall not be in order to move to take the 
papers from the files for the purpose of referring them at subsequent 
sessions, unless the claimants shall present a memorial for that pur- 
pose, stating in what manner the committee have erred in their report, 
or that new evidence has been discovered since the report, and setting 
forth the new evidence in the memorial: Provided, That this rule shall 
not extend to any case where an adverse report, not in writing, shall 
have been made prior to January 25, 1842. Whenever a 50 

Commerce, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee on 34 

Committees of the Senate. Appointment of, (see Standing Committees — 

see Ride) - 34 

Committees. — (See Reports of.) 



INDEX TO STANDING EULE3 OF SENATE. 

Committees, (except the chairmen of standing committees, who shall be 
appointed by a majority, ) a plurality of rotes shall make a choice. 
In the appointment by ballot of all of the 35 

Committee shall first be put. When motions are made for reference of the 
same subject to a select committee, and to a standing committee, the 
question on reference to the standing 36 

Committee, any other subject or matter of a similar nature may, on mo- 
tion, be referred to such committee. "When any subject or matter shall 
have been referred to a 35 

Committed or amended until twice read, after which it may be referred to 

a committee. No bill shall be 27 

Committee to be printed after first reading. All bills reported by a 25 

Committees to be called for in morning business after petitions, &c. Ee- 

ports of standing 24 

Commit or to amend, &c, &c. "When a question is under debate, no mo- 
tion shall be received but to adjourn or to 11 

Committee have erred in their report, or that new evidence has been 

covered. Not in order to move to refer a claim which has been re- 
ported upon adversely and rejected, unless it can be shown that the. .. 50 

Committees shall lie on the table one day for consideration. All reports 

of 26 

Committee of the Senate may be received to a general appropriation bill. 

An amendment moved by a standing or select 30 

Committee of the Whole, before being considered in the Senate, uri\ 
otherwise ordered. All bills on a second reading shall first be con- 
sidered by the Senate as a 

Committee of the Whole, the Yice-President, or President pro tern., may 
call a member to fill the chair during the time it shall remain in Com- 
mittee of the Whole, and the chairman so called shall, during such 
time, have the powers of a President pro tempore. When the Senate 
shall consider a treaty, bill, or resolution, as in 28 

Committee of the Whole. Should a bill on third reading be comnii 
and reported with an amendment, it shall again be read a second time 
and considered in '. 29 

Committee of the Whole. The second reading of a treaty shall be for 

consideration on a subsequent day in :. : r 

Committee of the Whole to be entered on the journal, bat every vote of 
the Senate shall be entered on the journal. The proceedings of the 
Senate when not acting as in 33 

Commitment. It shall always be in order, before the final passage of any 
. &c., &c, to move its » 

Commitment take place, and the committee report an amendment, the 

<Scc, shall again be read a second time, &c. And shoidd such 

Communications from the President to be kept secret, &c Confidential. 39 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OP SENATE. 7 

No. 

Concur in a resolution to suspend the 16th and 17th joint rules shall 
always be in order, immediately considered, and decided without de-> 
bate. A motion to 26 

Confidential business, &c, the President shall direct the gallery to be 
cleared. On a motion made and seconded to shut the doors on the 
discussion of 18 

Confidential or executive business, the Seriate shall be cleared of all 
persons except the Secretary, the principal or executive clerk, the ser- 
geant-at-arms, and doorkeeper and the assistant doorkeeper. When 
acting on 41 

Confidential communications made by the President of the United States 
to the Senate shall be by the members thereof kept secret; and all 
treaties which may be laid before the Senate shall also be kept secret 
until the Senate shall, by their resolution, take off the injunction of 
secrecy. All 39 

Confidence of the Senate. Penalty of an officer or member for violating 
the 51 

Confidential legislative proceedings of the Senate shall be kept in sepa- 
rate and distinct books. The legislative proceedings, the executive 
proceedings, and the 42 

Consent. Bills may be read more than once on the same day by unani- 
mous „ 26 

Consent. Nominations may be considered the same day, when received 

by unanimous 37 

Consideration, and also reports of committees. All resolutions (not joint) 

shall lie on the table one day for .,. - -- 26 

Consideration of a special order, it shall be the duty of the Chair to take 

it up. When the time has arrived for the 31 

Consideration, they shall take precedence according to the order of time 
at which they were severally assigned. When two or more subjects 
shall have been specially assigned for 31 

Consideration. When nominations shall be made in writing by the Presi- 
dent of the United States to the Senate, a future day shall be assigned, 
unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise, for taking them into . 37 

Consideration in Committee of the Whole and on a subsequent day. The 

second reading of a treaty shall be for 38 

Consideration, the concurrence of two-thirds, &c, shall not be requisite, 
except on the final question. When an amendment to the Constitution 
is under 44 

Considered in Committee of the Whole, unless otherwise ordered. All 

bills on second reading shall be 28 

Considered as in Committee of the Whole. Should a bill on third reading 
be committed, and an amendment reported, it shall be again read a 
second time, and 29 

Considered, and decided without debate. A motion to suspend the 16th 

and 17th joint rules shall always be in order, immediately 26 



8 INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 

No. 

Constitution same as on bills, &c. Proceedings on amendments to the 26 

Constitution. Rule 26 repealed so far as regards amendments to the. . . 26 

Constitutional amendment shall be, "Whether it shall be engrossed and 

read a third time." The final question on the second reading of any. 29 

Constitution is under consideration, the concurrence of two-thirds of the 
members present shall not be requisite to decide any question for 
amendments, or extending to the merits, being short of the final ques- 
tion. "When an amendment to be proposed to the 44 

Contingent fund, if excused by the Senate. The expenses of sending for 

absent senators shall be paid out of the 8 

Contingent or any other fund shall be treated as bills, &c. All resolu- 
tions, &c, granting money out of the 26 

Contingent fund of the Senate, or creating a charge on the same. The 
standing Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of 
the Senate, to consist of three members, to whom shall be referred all 
resolutions directing the payment of money out of the 34 

Convened by the President of the United States to any other place, the 
President of the Senate and senators shall attend at the place appointed, 
&c. When the Senate shall be 37 

Conventions lawfully called of the States, not referred to the Committee 

on Printing. Motions to print documents from legislatures or 34 

Conversation between members not allowed to interrupt the business of 

the Seriate 2 

Corrected. The journal read at commencement of each day's session, to 

the end that mistakes may be 1 

Court of Claims. Whenever a private bill is under consideration, it shall 
be in order to move as a substitute for it a resolution of the Senate 
referring the case to the 29 

D. 

Debate shall not be interrupted by talking, reading newspapers, &c 2 

Debate. No member shall interrupt another when speaking in 2 

Debate shall stand in his place and address the Chair, and when finished 

shall sit down. Every member speaking in 3 

Debate, on same day, without leave of Senate. No member shall speak 

more than twice in any one 4 

Debate shall speak first. The member first rising in 5 

Debate, subject to an appeal to the Senate. Questions of order decided 

by the President without 6 

Debate, they shall be taken down in writing, that the President may judge. 

When exceptionable words are spoken in 7 

Debate contains several points, it may be divided, &c If a question in. 12 
Debate at a third reading, unless by unanimous consent. No amendment 

received for discussion or 

Debate. When the yeas and nays are called, each member shall answer 

without 16 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 9 

No- 

Debate shall transgress the rules he shall he called to order. If any 

member in 6 

Debate no motion shall he received but to adjourn, &c, &c. When a 

question is under ' 11 

Debate. A motion for adjournment shall always he in order, and shall 

be determined without 11 

Debate. When the reading" of a paper is called for and objected to, it 
shall be determined by a vote of the Senate and without 14 

Debate. A motion to suspend the 16th and 17th joint rules always in 

order, immediately considered, and decided without 26 

Debate on business requiring secrecy, the doors shall be shut. On a 18 

Debated until seconded. No motion shall be , 9 

Debated. Motions seconded, reduced to writing if desired, delivered in 

at table, and read before being 10 

Decided without debate. A motion to suspend the 16th and 17th joint 

rules - 26 

Decision. Any motion may be withdrawn before a 10 

Decision is announced from the Chair, no* member shall be permitted to 

vote. When the 17 

Decision of the President. When the Senate are equally divided, the 

Secretary shall take the 21 

Department may be received to a general appropriation bill. An amend- 
ment in pursuance of an estimate from the head of some executive. . . 30 

Departments to be referred to the Committee on Printing. Motions to 

print documents from the executive * 34 

District of Columbia, to consist of seven members. - A standing Com- 
mittee on the 34 

Discussion. — (See Debate.) 

Divided. A question containing several points may be 12 

Divided, &c. A motion to strike out and insert shall not be 12 

Divided, the Secretary shall take the decision of the President. When 

the Senate are equally 21 

Document shall be printed for the Senate without special order, except a 

bill reported by a committee. No paper or 25 

Documents, reports, &c, the printing of which shall be moved,- shall be 
referred to the Committee on Printing, (with exceptions as stated in 
rule.— See Rule.) All 34 

Doors, on discussion of business requiring secrecy in the opinion of a 
member, the President shall order the gallery to be cleared, and the 
doors shall remain shut during the discussion. On a motion made 
and seconded to shut the 18 

Doors of the Senate to present a petition, &c. No motion in order to 

admit any person within the.- <■--. 19 

DOORS of the Senate chamber. Description of persons (and none others) 

who shall be admitted on the floor of or within the 48 

6 



10 INDEX TO STANDING RULES OP SENATE. 

So, 

Drawings ordered to be printed shall be directed and procured by the 

Committee on Printing. Maps and 34 

E. 

Engrossed and read a third time." The final question on the second 

reading of every bill, &c, shall be "Whether it shall be 29 

Engrossed Bills, to consist of three members, whose duty it shall be to 
examine all bills, amendments, resolutions, or motions, before they go 
out of the possession of the Senate ; and shall deliver the same to the 
Secretary of the Senate, who shall enter upon the journal that the same 
have been correctly engrossed. A standing Committee on 34 

Enrolled Bills, to consist of three members. A standing Committee on. 34 

Equally divided, the Secretary shall take the decision of the President. 

When the Senate are 21 

Errors or mistakes may be corrected. Journal read daily, to end that 

any „ 1 

Estimate from the head of a department may be received to a general 

appropriation bill. An amendment in pursuance of an 30 

Estimate of the probable cost. Reports from the Committee on Printing 
in favor of printing additional numbers of any document shall be ac- 
companied by an 34 

Examined by the committee of the Senate on. Engrossed bills of the 

Senate 34 

Exceptionable Avoids used by a senator, if called to order, shall be taken 

down in writing 7 

Excuse for non-attendance to be made by members sent for, or they shall 

pay the expenses 8 

Excused from voting. For special reason a member may be : 16 

Executive departments, to be referred to the Committee on Printing. Mo- 
tions to print documents from 34 

Executive business, the President shall direct the gallery to be cleared, 
and during the discussion of such motion the doors shall remain shut. 
On a motion made and seconded to shut the doors on the discussion of 
any business which may, in the opinion of a member, require secrecy, 
or on confidential or • 18 

Executive business. Action of the Senate on nominations and 37 

Executive business. Action of the Senate on treaties and 38 

Executive business. " Secrecy enjoined on confidential and 39 

Executive business. Secrecy enjoined respecting information or remarks 
relative to the character, &c, of persons nominated by the President, 
being 40 

Executive business, the Senate shall be cleared of all persons, except the 
Secretary of the Senate, the principal or the executive clerk, the ser- 
geant-at-anns, and doorkeeper and assistant doorkeeper. When acting 
on confidential or 41 

Executive clerk admitted in secret session 41 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 11 

No. 
Executive proceedings, and the confidential legislative proceedings shall 
be kept in separate and distinct books. The legislative proceedings, 
the 42 

Executive records of the Senate, but no further extracts from the execu- 
tive journal shall be furnished except by special order. The President 
of the United States shall, from time to time, be furnished with an 

authenticated transcript of the 43 

Expulsion of a member for violating the confidence of the Senate 51 

Extract from the executive journal shall be furnished except by special 
order. The President shall, from time to time, be furnished with an 
authenticated transcript of the executive records of the Senate, and 
all nominations approved or definitely acted on by the Senate shall be 
returned by the Secretary On the next day after such proceedings may 
occur, but no further - --- 43 

F. 

Files for the purpose of referring them at a subsequent session, unless 
error in report or new evidence be produced. Not in order to move to 

take the papers of a rejected claim from the 50 

Filling up blanks, the largest sum and longest time shall first be put. In 13 

Finance, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee on 34 

Floor of the Senate. Description of persons (and none others) who shall 

be admitted on the 48 

Foreign Eelations, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee 

on 34 

O. 

Gallery to be cleared. On a motion made and seconded to shut the 

doors, the President shall order the 18 

General orders. Special orders to take precedence of 31 

Grant money out of the contingent or any other fund shall be treated as 

bills. All resolutions, &c, which may 26 

H. 

Hour has arrived for the consideration of a special order, it shall be the 

duty of the Chair to take it up, &c. When the 31 

House, the names taken alphabetically. Upon a call of the 16 

House of Representatives by the Secretary, who shall previously indorse 
the final determination of the Senate thereon. Messages shall be sent 
to the 46 

I. 

Indian Affairs, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee on.. 34 
Information or remarks concerning the character or qualifications of 
persons nominated, to be kept secret 40 



12 INDEX TO STANDING EULES OF SENATE. 

Kd 

Injunction of secrecy. All confidential communications and treaties 
shall be kept secret until the Senate shall, by their resolution, take off 

the 39 

Insert shall not be divided. A motion to strike out and 12 

INSERT. — (See Strike Out.) Motion to strike out and 12 

J. 

JOINT rules ahvays in order, be immediately considered, and be decided 

without debate. A motion to suspend the sixteenth and seventeenth . . 26 

JorNT resolutions the same as on bills. Action on (see Bills.) 

Journal of the preceding- day shall be read, to the end that any mistake 
may be corrected. The President having taken the chair, and a quo- 
rum being present, the 1 

Journal or papers are being read no interruption to be made. While the 2 

Journal is read. Morning business after the 24 

Journals. The titles of bills and parts affected by amendments to be 

inserted on the 32 

Journal as concisely as possible, care being taken to detail a true and 
accurate account of the proceedings : but every vote of the Senate 
shall be entered on the journal, and a brief statement of the contents 
of each petition, memorial, or paper, presented to the Senate, shall also 
be inserted on the journal. The proceedings of the Senate, when not 
acting as in Committee of the Whole, shall be entered on the 33 

Journal. Engrossed bills examined by the committee shall be entered by 

the Secretary of the Senate as correctly engrossed upon the 34 

Journals. The legislative proceedings, the executive proceedings, and 
the confidential legislative proceedings of the Senate, shall be kept in 
separate and distinct books or 42 

Journal of the Senate; but no further extract from the executive journal 
shall be furnished except by special order. The President of the 
United States shall from time to time be furnished with an authenti- 
cated transcript of the executive records or 43 

Judiciary:, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee on the.. 34 



Largest sum and longest time first put. In filling up the blanks the 13 

Leave of the Senate. No member shall speak more than twice in any one 

debate, on the same day, without 4 

Leave of the Senate. A member called to order when speaking, for trans- 
gressing the rules, cannot proceed without 6 

Leave of absence first obtained. No member shall absent himself from 

service of Senate without 

Leave of the Senate required to withdraw a motion to reconsider 10 

Leave* to bring in a bill. One day's notice required for 23 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OP SENATE. 13 

No. 

Legislative proceeding's, the executive proceedings, and the confidential 
legislative proceedings of the Senate, shall be kept in separate and 
distinct books. The 42 

Legislatures or conventions lawfully called of the States, not referred to 

the Committee on Printing. Motions to print documents from the 34 

Lie on the table, &c, &c, &c. When a question is under debate no mo- 
tion shall be received but to 11 

Lie on the table one day for consideration. All resolutions and reports of 

committee shall 26 

Longest time first put. In filling up blanks the largest sum and 13 

M. 

Majority of members present, may send for absent members. Less than 

a quorum, but a 8 

Majority may move a reconsideration. A member of the 20 

Majority of the whole number of votes given necessary to the appoint- 
ment of a chairman of a standing committee. A 35 

Majority of votes. When two-thirds are requisite to carry the affirma- 
tive, any member who votes on that side which prevailed in the ques- 
tion, may move for a reconsideration, which shall be decided by a 45 

Manufactures, to consist of five members. A standing Committee on.. 34 

Maps and drawings ordered to be printed shall be directed and obtained by 

the Committee on Printing 34 

Meetings of the Senate. Opening or commencement of daily 1 

Meeting of the Senate at the commencement or during any session, absent 
members may be sent for, &c. In case a less number than a quorum 
attend at the time to which the Senate stood adjourned, or at a 8 

Member shall speak to another or otherwise interrupt the business of the 
Senate, or read any newspaper while the journals are being read, or 
when any member is speaking in debate. No 2 

Member rising to speak shall address the Chair, stand at his place, and sit 

down when finished. Every 3 

Member shall speak more than twice in any one debate, on the same day, 

without leave of the Senate. No 4 

Members rise to speak the President shall name the one to speak first ; but 
in all cases the member rising and addressing the Chair first shall speak 
first. When two 5 

Member may call another to order who shall transgress the rules. Any.. 6 

Member called to order for transgressing the rules shall sit down and not 

proceed without leave. Any 6 

Member called to order by a senator shall be taken down in writing, to 

enable the President to judge. The exceptionable words of a 7 

Member shall absent himself from the service of the Senate without leave 

of the Senate first obtained, &c. No 8 

Members present, may send for absent members. Less than a quorum, 

but a majority of the 8 



14 INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 

No. 

Members. The sergeant-at-arrns, or other authorized person, may be sent 

for absent ~ 

Member. A motion seconded shall be reduced to writing-, if desired by a 10 

Member mar hare a question containing- several points divided. A 12 

Member, it shall be determined by a vote of the Senate without debate. 

When the reading of a paper is called for, and objected to by a 14 

Members present may call for the yeas and nays. One-fifth of the 16 

Members to be taken alphabetically. In taking yeas and nays, or on a 

call of the House, the names of the 16 

Member shall answer without debate unless, for special reason, he be ex- 
cused. When the yeas and nays are called, each 16 

Member permitted to vote after decision is announced from the chair. 

When a question is taken by yeas and nays no 17 

Member, require secrecy, the doors shall, on his motion, when seconded, 

be shut. On the discussion of business which may, in the opinion of a IS 

Member of the majority may move a reconsideration. A 20 

Members shall signify their assent or dissent by answering ave or no. 
The President of the Senate shall put every question, either in presence 
or absence of the President of the United States, and the 22 

Member to the chair, not to extend beyond an adjournment. The appoint- 
ment by the President of a 23 

Member, before presenting a petition, &c, to make a brief verbal state- 
ment of its contents. A 24 

Member shall object at the time to the reference of a petition, as matter of 

course, then the question on reference to be taken. When a 24 

Member to fill the chair while the Senate is in Committee of the Whole. 

The Yice-President or President pro tempore may call a 25 

Members present. On the third reading of any bill. &c, no amendment 

shall be received unless by the unanimous consent of the 29 

Members shall attend at the place appointed. When the Senate shall be 
convened by the President of the United States to aDy other place, the 
President of the Senate and 37 

Member shall be free to move an amendment to a treaty on its second 
reading, &c. Every 

Members present shall be requisite to decide a question affirmatively. In 

proceedings upon treaties two-thirds of the 35 

Member shall again be free to move amendments, &c. When the pro- 
ceedings on a treaty shall be reduced to the form of a ratification, eve: ; 

Members thereof, be kept secret until the Senate shall, by their resolution, 
take off the injunction of secrecy. All confidential communications 
and treaties laid before the Senate by the President shall, by the 39 

Memeers present shall not be requisite to decide any question for amend- 
ments, or extending to the merits, being short of the final question. 
When an amendment to be proposed to the >n is under con- 
sideration, the concurrence of two-thirds of the 44 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 15 

No. 

Member who votes on that side which prevailed may move for a recon- 
sideration, which shall be decided by a majority of votes. When two- 
thirds are requisite, any 45 

Members of the Senate shall be allowed on the floor of the Senate during 

a session, except those specified in this rule. No persons but 48 

Member of the Senate convicted of disclosing for publication any written 
or printed matter directed by the Senate to be held in confidence, shall 
be liable, if an officer, to dismissal from the service of the Senate, and 
in the case of a member, to suffer expulsion from the body. Any 
officer or 51 

Memorial, or address, or hear any such read. No motion shall be in order 
to admit any person within the doors of the Senate chamber to read a 
petition .. 19 

Memorial or petition shall be presented, and before being received and 
read at the table, a brief statement of its contents shall be verbally 
made. At the time when a 24 

Memorial, or paper, shall be inserted on the journal. A brief statement 

of the contents of each petition 33 

Memorial stating how the committee have erred, or that new evidence 
has been discovered, &c. Not in order to take papers of a rejected 
claim from the files for reference, unless the claimant shall present a.. 50 

Memorials, &c. — (See Petitions.) 

Messages shall be sent to the House of Eepresentatives by the Secretary, 
who shall previously indorse the final determination of the Senate 
thereon 46 

Messengers are introduced at any stage of business, except while a ques- 
tion is being put, while the yeas and nays are being called, or Avhile 
the ballots are being counted 47 

Military Affairs and the Militia, to consist of seven members. A standing 

Committee on 34 

Mines and Mining, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee 

on 34 

Minutes of the Senate. When the Senate sball be convened by the Presi- 
dent in any other place, the Secretary of the Senate shall also attend to 
take the 37 

Mistake may be corrected. Journal to be read, to the end that any ] 

Money out of tbe contingent or any other fund shall be treated as bills. 

All resolutions, &c, which may grant 26 

Morning business. Business at the commencement of the session, or.. . 1 

Morning business after the journal is read. Order of the business 24 

Motion shall be debated until seconded. No 9 

Motion made and seconded shall be written, if desired, delivered in at the 

table, and read before debated. A 10 

Motion may be withdrawn before decision, amendment, or ordering of 
yeas and nays, except a motion to reconsider, which, shall not be with- 
drawn without leave. A T 10 



16 DTD EX TO 5TAXDIXG- RULES OF SEX ATE. 

No. 
Motion shall be received but to — I, adjourn ; 2, to lie on the table; 3, to 
postpone mdefini : postpone to a day certain ; 5, to commit ; 

or 6, to amend, in the order here stated. When a question is under 

debate no 11 

Motion for adjournment shall always be in order, and shall be decided 

without debate. A 11 

Motion to strike out and insert shall not be divided. A 12 

Motion to strike out and insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion 

trike out and insert a different proposition, nor a motion simply to 

-hall the rejection of a motion to strike out prevent a 

motion to strike out and insert. A 12 

Motion in filling blanks is for largest sum and longest time. The privi- 

r 13 

Motion made and seconded to shut the doors, &c, the President shall 

direct the gallery to be cleared. On a 13 

Motion not in order to admit any person in Senate to present any petition, 

memorial, or address, or to hear any such read. A 19 

Motion for reconsideration may be made by one of a majority before sub- 
_is gone out of possession of Senate, if made same day or within 

two next days of actual session thereafter. A 20 

Motion for reconsideration not in order after subject has gone- out of pos- 
km of the Senate, except a resolution confirming or rejecting a 
nomination, nor after two days of actual session from time of vote. A 20 
Motion to reconsider a nomination, where the resolution confirming or re- 
jecting it has been sent to the President, shall always be accompanied 
f a motion requesting the President to return the same to the Senate. A 20 
Motion for leave to bring in a bill. One day's notice at least shall be given 

of a 25 

Motion to suspend, or to concur in a resolution of the House of Eepre- 

fco suspend, the 16th and 17th joint rules, or either of them, 

shall always be in order, be immediately considered,, and be decided 

le r. A : — 26 

Motion requiring three reading's previous to being passed shall be 
''Whether it shall be engrossed and read a third timer 7 The final 

question on any 29 

Motions to print certain documents, referred to the Committee on Printing 34 
Motion? - : [ rinl : :'_er documents and bills, not referred to the Committee 

on P:.l::. g 34 

Motions fct print itkmai documents, referred to the Committee on 

Prin hag 34 

Motions to print by order of standing committees, not referred to the 

mmtftee on Printing 34 

Mot: te such committee. When any subject or matter shall 
have been referred to a committee, any other subject or matter of a 
similar nature may, on 35 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OP SENATE. 17 

. No. 

Motions are made for reference of the same subject to a select committee, 
and to a standing committee, the question on reference to the standing 
committee shall first be put. When 36 

Motion to reject, ratify, or modify a treaty on the first reading shall be 

received. No 38 

Motion for reconsideration, and it shall be decided by a majority of votes. 
When a question is decided by two-thirds, any member on the side 
that prevailed may make a 45 

N. 

Nays. — (See Yeas and Nays.) 

Naval Affairs, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee on.. 34 

Newspaper, &c, while the journal is being read, or a member is speaking. 

No member shall read any 2 

Nominations confirmed or rejected may be reconsidered after the resolution 
announcing the decision of the Senate has been sent to the President ; 
but all motions to reconsider such nominations must be accompanied 
by a motion requesting the President to return the same to the Senate. 20 

Nominations shall be made in writing by the President of the United States 
to the Senate, a future day shall be assigned, unless the Senate unani- 
mously direct otherwise, for taking them into consideration. When.. 37 

Nominations neither approved nor rejected during the session at which 
they are made, shall not be acted upon at any succeeding session with- 
out being again made by the President 37 

Nominated by the President to office shall be kept secret. All information 
or remarks touching or concerning the character or qualifications of any 
person 40 

Nominations approved or definitely acted on by the Senate shall be re- 
turned to the President by the Secretary on the next day after such 
proceedings may occur, unless otherwise ordered 43 

Notice, at least, shall be given of an intended motion for leave to bring in 

a bill, &c. One day's 25 

Notice at each reading of a bill or joint resolution, &c. The President 

shall give 26 



O. 



Oath or affirmation prescribed by act of July 2, 1862, to be taken and 
subscribed by every senator, and by the Secretary, in open Senate, 
before entering upon their duties 52 

Objected to by a member at the time, the question on reference to be 
taken. When the reference of a petition, &c, as a matter of course, 
is : 24 

Objection is made to reading a paper, it shall be determined by a vote of 

the Senate, and without debate. When 14 

7 



IS DTDEX TO S7 .1 1 1 BULKS W ..I NATE. 



Offices or member of the Senate convieted of disclosing for publication 

iz~ -^::::sn :::-::-:z.i:v: l::^::^:;::: -*rr :"t :: le If 1:1 in :-on- 
nlen:e 5"- ill le 11 One. :: in :_rl :er. :: innissil :l:ra :Le semoe :: 

the Senate, and, in the case of a member, to suffer expulsion from the 

body. Any 51 

Of. I' ie -:.Ci.: lrii:c:r:::el 1" :alklnr >:r reallng newspapers. __c 2 

Order shall be decided by the President without debate, :: an 

ippeal :: :l:e Senile. Z "0:7 :es: : :_ :: g 

Oei>i±.. One 11:.:: -.:■- mil :1: :le Srr.se :: :le Sen 

6 

Order for tdmsgressing the roles. The Chair shall, or a member m 

: :.'.'. _n::le: :: E 

Order shall sit down and not proceed without leave of the Senate. A 

member called to.. 6 

ORDER by a senator shall be taken down in writing: to enable the Pre 

len: :: ;~ Ire. 0_r ex:ep:i:n:01e ~ :: Is :: m.r_e: nil- 1 :: 7 

Order, and decided without debate. A motion for adjournment shall 

always be in 11 

Oi.HP. :: rr: _ e :':: _ -: n .:' .le :: — ::. r. On nnnrn :■: scrike mt 

and insert, it shall not be in.. 12 

Order to admit any person in Senate to present a pe : Ac 

tion in 19 

Order for a member of the majority to more a reconsl 

•—l:'nl-i :— : :_js ::' ;. ::~ seisin. :: :le miner - s:i.l in s^esnn 

of the Senate. Itisin 20 

Oh. I' up. :: ni:~e :le :e: :nsile:e:i:n :: _ sine:: -Oi;l li.s ^:ne : 1: •: : 

possession of the Senate, or when two rem lays 

sl_r.ll l_~e elipsei. I: is n:: in O 

C'HI'IH. :: m:~e :le nmmnmnm ::' _ :i.l A:.. *:e:':re i:s mmO piss_i:re. 

It shall always be in 

•1 II II. :: m :~e. is _ . 1 s::: me :':r ::. _ res n:i:n ::' :le "" .-:.: ne referring 

the case to the Court of Claims. Where- 

consideration, it shall be in 

Order, &c A motion to suspend the 16th and 17th joint rules always 
'1 II' II. :: m:me :: nine Or r iters ::' ro'ene 1 Oiims mm :ne lies lor :ir 

purpose of reference, without error in report or new leing 

pr: 1 -.me:. > :: in ■:." 

Ori-iis ::' :le :_j. One nnnnisl: 1 Insiness _: :::.:!:: _.";" rnrrmrr: 

snail live me:'erer:e in :1s spe:i_l 15 

OlliR ::' sne :ial ::lers msmnsl. reimlnel. n i_ 1 lze.i. :.n 1 .mm pre- 

:rlrn:e mer nenernl :::e:s. On: 11 

Order, special, not to be made without the concurrence 

me sen: -- 

1 II II ::' :le Sen me ::: :!.: pnm :se. X: piper, er:ep: mini mil ::-:.!:-. 
shall be returned or delivered from the office of the 

without an 43 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 19 

No. 

Order. An authenticated transcript of the executive records of the Senate 
shall be furnished, from time to time, to the President of the United 
States, but no further extract of the executive journal shall be furnished 
except by special 43 

Ordered. All bills on second reading shall be considered in Committee 

of the Whole before being 1 considered in the Senate, unless otherwise. 28 

P. 

Pacific Railroad, to consist of nine members. A standing Committee on 34 

Papers are being read no interruption to be made. While public 2 

Paper is called for and objected to, it will be decided by a vote of the 

Senate, and without debate. When the reading of a 14 

Paper or document shall be printed for the use of the Senate without 

special order, &c. No 25 

Paper, except original treaties, &c, shall be returned or delivered from 
the office of the Secretary without an order of the Senate for that pur- 
pose. No 43 

Papers of a rejected claim from the files for the purpose of referring them 
at a subsequent session, unless error in report or new evidence be 
produced. Not in order to move to take 50 

Passage of a bill, &c, to move its commitment, &c. It shall always be 

in order before the final 29 

Passages as are or may be set apart for the use of the Senate and its 
officers. The presiding officer of the Senate shall have the regulation 
of such parts of the Capitol and of its » 49 

Passed, &c. Every bill and joint resolution shall receive three readings 

previous to being , 26 

Patents and the Patent Office, to consist of five members. A standing 

Committee on 34 

Penalty of an officer or member for violating the confidence of the Senate. 51 

Pensions, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee on 34 

Person or persons within doors of Senate to present any petition, memorial, 

or address, or to hear any such read. No motion in order to admit any. 19 

Person nominated to office by the President shall be kept secret. All 
information or remarks touching or concerning the character or quali- 
fication of any 40 

Persons, except as stated in the rule. When acting on confidential or 

executive business, the Senate shall be cleared of all 41 

Persons and (none others) who shall be admitted on the floor of the Senate. 

Description of 48 

Petition, memorial, or address, or hear any such read. No motion in 

order to admit any person in the Senate chamber to present a 19 

Petitions, memorials, or papers, first called for in morning business, a 
brief statement of their contents to be made before reception, &c, and 
referred, of course, unless objected to, and then question taken 24 



5 

Pr titton, memorial, or paper presented to the Senate shall be inserted cut 

BmaL A "brief statement of ibe contents ef each 33 

Pi_ri._.: in : - 

■ - - '"-- .--::--- : -".-.l"._: . __.--- : : ~ _.— i.z~':'--r^--_\ 

~ . . 35 

Points may be divided. A question enwtomaiiRg several Y£ 

Posrnox on the calendar according 4© lie -order of Kk« for widen and «f 
- 

Post Offices and Fast Boads, to •consist of seven nmrmbegg. A standing 

1 

Postpone indefinitely, to a day certain, A- & — SeeBrfe.) Wham 

i - :. .' e: I- : -■•:: •_ . t ;- .-.- - " . - - 

?•: STTvNi :: : ":.- :-:-.../- :: . — >ee Lt.lt .:: ."—:.._ :- -;-_:-: 

debate, no motion shall be received baft to . 11 

I : -n-cyz: \- ;.:-.::.;. .: :1t St-ii^t. Speiia: r:;-:^:: _,~t ::-:■-: -c:-t 

:~t: r-:_r: J- .: :" r> . . 31 

-■; I .: :■_ \ ■- .: i . i ~ ■ -r 

of the Wb&e to bare ftbe S 

Precei i: 

i 2; to lie oai ftbe table; 3, to postpone iadbfintelj 
to postpone to a day certain; 5, to commit; or, 6, to amend 11 



_--.r-T-: sjlI :: --"_:._ :_-- -->. .^-.z-r- _^ : .-7: r^i;-£ 

Preferen . : _ -_ -.--:... 

:1, ' 15 

President s >enato Laving taken ftbe etair, and a qaeram being 

I-T 

President shall be addressed by eweay member rising to speak. The 3 

President shall name the person to speak ; "but in all eases ftbe iiim iiiln r 

members rise aft ftbe same time ftbe— 

pRESTI E5T r'.i' . :.-~ 1 _ - '.-.:.'" _■_'.'- I _ 7 

President vriib out debate, sabj ect to appeal to Senate. Qoesftums «f order 

Ibe__ _ 1 

President may call ior the sense of the Senate on any gnestkni «f «idec. 

The 

President to judge -when a member is called to order tor exceptionable 

"words, by their being taken down in writing. The. 

Prestdent. A morion made and seconded shall be reduced to writing if 

lesirea ' 7 
President, ot the Chair, so member shall be permitted to vote. Wbex a 

decision is aniMOBeed lay ftbe. 17 

President shall direct the gallery to be cleared, Ac On a morion made 

and seconded to shut ftbe deans ftbe 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OP SENATE. 21 

No. 
President. When the Senate are equally divided the Secretary shall take 

the decision of the 21 

President of the Senate shall put all questions in the presence or absence 

of the President of the United States. The 22 

President of the Senate pro tempore, shall have the right to name a member 
to perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not 
extend beyond an adjournment. The Vice-President of the United 
States, or the 23 

President shall make a brief verbal statement of the contents of petitions, 

&,c. , presented by him. The 24 

President shall first call for petitions, &c. — (See Rule.) In the morning 

business the 24 

President shall give notice at each reading of a bill or joint resolution 

whether it be the first, second, or third. The 26 

President pro tempore, may call a member to fill the chair, &c. When the 
Senate shall consider a treaty, bill, or resolution as in Committee of 
the Whole, the Vice-President, or v 28 

President of the Senate, or the Chair, to take up such special order, and 
it shall be considered unless postponed by a vote of the Senate. When 
the hour has arrived for the consideration of a special order, it shall 
be the duty of the 31 

President of the Senate shall have a chair on the floor, be considered as 
the head of the Senate, and his chair shall be assigned to the President 
of the United States. When the President of the United States shall 
meet the Senate in the Senate chamber, the 37 

President of the Senate and senators shall attend at the place appointed, 
&c. — (See Rule.) When the Senate shall be convened by the President 
of the United States to any other place, the 37 

Presiding officer of the Senate shall have the regulation of such parts of 
the Capitol, and of its passages, as are or may be set apart for the use 
of the Senate and its officers. The 49 

President of the United States. The President of the Senate shall put 

all questions in the presence or absence of the 22 

President of the United States may be requisite, shall be treated as bills. 

All resolutions, &c, to which the approbation and signature of the. _. 26 

President of the United States to the Senate, a future day shall be assigned, 
unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise, for taking them into 
consideration. When nominations shall be made in writing by the. . . 37 

President of the United States. Nominations neither approved nor re- 
jected during the session at which they are made, shall not be acted 
upon at any succeeding session without being again made by the 37 

President of the United States shall meet the Senate in the Senate cham- 
ber, the President of the Senate shall have a chair on the floor, be 
considered the head of the Senate, and his chair shall be assigned to 
the President of the United States. When the 37 



22 INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SEXATE. 

No." 

President of the United States to any other place, the President of the 

Senate and senators shall attend at the place appointed. The Secre- 
tary of the Senate shall also attend to take the minutes of the Senate. 
\Yhen the Senate shall he convened by the 37 

President of the United States shall he kept secret. All confidential com- 
munications and treaties from the 39 

President of the United States. Doors to he closed and secret session 

held on motion by a member when desired by the (joint rule) 22 

President to office shall be kept secret. All information or remarks 
touching or concerning' the character or qualifications of any person 
nominated by the 40 

President of the United States shall, from time to time, be furnished with 
an authenticated transcript of the executive records of the Senate ; 
and all nominations approved or definitely acted on by the Senate 
shall be returned by the Secretary on the next day after such action is 
had un 1 ess otherwise ordered by the Senate; but no further extract 
from the executive journal shall be furnished, except by special order ; 
and no paper, except original treaties, transmitted by the President of 
the United States or any executive officer, shall be returned or delivered 
from the office of the Secretary without an order from the Senate for 
that purpose. The 43 

Printed for the use of the Senate. All bills reported by a committee shall, 

after the first reading, be 25 

Printed for the use of the Senate without special order. But no other 

paper or document (than as above) shall be 25 

Printing, to consist of three members, to whom shall be referred eveiy 
question on the printing of documents, reports, or other matter trans- 
mitted by either of the executive departments, and all memorials, 
petitions, accompanying documents, together with all other matter, 
the printing of which shall be moved, excepting bills originating in Con- 
gress, resolutions offered by any senator, communications from the legis- 
latures or conventions lawfully called of the respective States, and motions 
to print by order of the standing committees of the Senate; motions to 
print additional numbers shall likewise be referred to said committee ; 
and when the report shall be in favor of printing- additional numbers, 
it shall be accompanied by an estimate of the probable cost ; the said 
committee shall also supervise and direct the procuring of maps and 
drawings accompanying documents ordered to be printed. A Com- 
mittee on - 34 

Printing shall also supervise and direct the procuring of maps and draw- 
ings accompanying documents ordered to be printed. The standing 
Committee on 34 

Private bill is under consideration it shall be in order to move, as a sub- 
stitute for it, a resolution of the Senate referring the case to the Court 
of Claims. Whenever a 29 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SEXATE. 23 

No. 
Private claim, unless it be to cany out the provisions of some existing 

law or treaty stipulation. No amendment shall be received to any 

general appropriation bill whose object is to provide for a 30 

Private Land Claims, to consist of five members. A standing Committtee 

on .. 34 

Privileged motions, when a question is under debate, and the order of 

their precedence 11 

Privilege of admission on the floor of the Senate. Description of persons 

allowed the 48 

Proceedings on them, in the Senate, as bills, &c. All joint resolutions, 

and resolutions granting money, shall be treated in the 26 

Proceedings of Senate, when not acting as in Committee of the Whole, 
to be entered on the journal, but every vote of the Senate shall be 
entered on the journal, &c. — (See Rule) 33 

Proceedings of the Senate shall be kept in separate and distinct books. 
The legislative proceedings, the executive proceedings, and the confi- 
dential legislative 42 

Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist of five members, who shall have 
power to act jointly with the same committee of the House of Repre- 
sentatives. A standing Committee on the 34 

Public Lands, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee on the. 34 



Qualifications of persons nominated to be kept secret. Any remarks 

concerning the 40 

Questions of order decided by the President without debate, subject to 

appeal, and the Chair may call for the sense of the Senate upon them. 6 
Question is under debate no motion shall be received, except to adjourn, 

&c, &c— (See Bide.) When a 11 

Question in debate contains several points, any member may have the 

same divided. When a 12 

Question. On motion to strike out and insert, it shall not be in order to 

move for a division of the 12 

Question taken by yeas and nays each member shall vote, unless for 

special reasons he be excused. On every 16 

Question. When yeas and nays are called, each member shall declare 

openly, and without debate, his assent or dissent to the 16 

Question, no member shall be permitted to vote, &c. — (See Rule. ) When 

the decision shall have been announced from the Chair on a 17 

Question decided maybe reconsidered, on motion by one of the majority, 
. if made before the subject has gone out of possession of the Senate, 

and if made on same day or within two next days of actual session. A 20 
Questions shall be put by the President of the Senate, in the presence or 

absence of the President of the United States, and the senators shall 

answer aye or no. All 22 



24 IXPEX K STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 

No. 
Question, unless oltjected to, and then question on reference taken. 

7 r an r of petitions, &c, to be made as a matter of course without. 24 
upon the second reading of every bill, resolution, &c, requiring 
readings, shall be, _r::ier it shall be engrossed and read a 

third time ?" The, final 29 

nox shall be again put, " Whether it shall be engrossed and read a 

third time ?" Should a bill on third reading be committed and an 

amendment reported, it shall again be read a second time, and the — 29 

Question on the printing of documents, reports, or other matter, (except 

ted in the rule,) shall be referred to the Commute on Printing. 

Every : S4 

HON on reference to the standing committee shall first be put. 
d motions are made for reference of the same subject to a select 

committee and to a standing committee, the 36 

Questions . amendments to, and ratifications of treaties, (see Rule.) 

F : 38 

Question for amendments, or extending to the merits, being short of the 

final question. When an amendment of the Constitution is under 

leration the concurrence of two-thirds shall not be requisite to 

decide aiij 44 

" : Liave been decided by the Senate, in which two-thirds of 
:Lr -_ :_ .'. ri ■= ; :: - .-_: :.. r :_t . — - ..:_- :: : ..;:- :r.r ..±_r_ ..:.">. .v_v —-.—- 
r which preTailed in the question may be 
at liberty to move for a reconsideration ; and a motion for reconsid- 
eration shall be decided by a majority of votes. When any — 45 

move for a reconsideration, whieh shall be decided by a 
major" __ . - jirds are requisite, any member who 

:Lt 45 

Question is being put, while the yeas and nays are being called; or while 
:r_f '. .C::? :-.:■_- \ ri:_z . :v.-_:t. : .. V-=jri:r:^ :-.:i :r_r: : iu.rl ii. i.-~ -::.:- 

of business, except while a 47 

RUM being present, the business will proceed. The President having 

taken the chair, and a 1 

Quorum, but a majority of those present, may send for absent senators, 
who shall pay the expenses, unless excused when a quorum is eon- 

- number than a & 

e. 

Batificatiox of treaty, (see Treaty — see Rule) SB 

Ratification of amendments to treaties and of treaties. Questions on 

(see Rule) 38 

Eead, to the end that any mistakes may be corrected. The chair being 

taken, and a quorum present, the journal will be 1 

Eead any newspaper, while journals or public papers are being read, or 

a member is speakiL. member shall speak to another, or 

otherwise interrupt the business of the Senate, or 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 25 

No. 
Read, no interruption to be made. While the journal or public papers 

are being 2 

Read before debated. A motion seconded shall be written if desired, de- 
livered in at table, and 10 

Read. No person shall be admitted in the Senate to present any petition, 

address, &c, or hear any such 19 

Read at the table. A brief statement of petitions, memorials, or papers 

to be made before being received or 24 

Read. [Morning] business after the journal is 24 

Read, after which it may be referred to a committee. No bill shall be 

committed until it shall have been twice 27 

Read a third time?" The final question on the second reading of every 

bill, &c, shall be, "Whether it shall be engrossed and 29 

Read a second time, &c. Should a bill, &c, on third reading, be com- 
mitted and an amendment reported, it shall again be 29 

Read a first time for information only. Every treaty 38 

Reading of a paper is called for and objected to, it shall be determined by 

a vote of the Senate and without debate. When the 14 

Reading. All bills reported by a committee to be printed after the first.. 25 

Readings previous to its being passed, and the President shall give notice 
whether it be the first, second, or third ; which readings shall be on 
different days, unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise. Every 
bill shall receive three 26 

Reading shall first be considered in Committee of the Whole before being 

taken up in Senate, unless otherwise ordered. All bills on second. .. 28 

Reading of any bill, resolution, &c, requiring three readings, shall be, 
" Whether it shall be engrossed and read a third time?" The final 
question upon the second 29 

Reading of any bill, &c, unless by unanimous consent; but it may be 

committed, &c. No amendment received at a third 29 

Reading of a treaty shall be on a subsequent day, for consideration in Com- 
mittee of the Whole. The second 38 

Received or read at the table. A brief statement of petitions, memorials, 

or papers to be made before being 24 

Received at the third reading of any bill, &c, unless by unanimous con- 
sent. No amendment 29 

Reconsider shall not be withdrawn without leave. A motion to 10 

Reconsideration not in order after a bill, resolution, message, report, 
amendment, or motion, upon which the vote was taken, shall have 
gone out of the possession of the Senate, announcing the decision, 
except a resolution confirming or rejecting a nomination. A motion 
for 20 

Reconsideration shall not be in order unless made on same day the vote 
was taken, or within the two next days of actual session of the Senate 
thereafter. A motion for 20 



26 INDEX TO STANDING EULES OF SENATE. 

Reconsideration of a nomination, if the resolution announcing the 
decision of the Senate Las been sent to the President, shall always be 
accompanied by a motion requesting the President to return the same 
to the Senate. A motion for 20 

Reconsideration of a qnestion decided may be made, on motion by one 
of the majority, before the subject has gone ont of the possession of the 
Senate, if made same day or within two next days of actual session 
thereafter. A 90 

Reconsideration : and a motion for reconsideration shall be decided by a 
majority of rotes. When any question may haTe been decided by 
the Senate, in which two-thirds of the members present are neeesssay 
to carry the affirmative, any member who rotes on that side which 
prevailed in the question may be at liberty to move for a 45 

RECORD of the Senate, but no further extract from th- -T.rr ;::~e journal 
shall be furnished except by special order, *£c. The President of the 
United States shall, from time to time, be furnished with an authen- 
ticated transcript of the excutive 43 

Reference of petitions, memorials, and papers to committees, made as a 
matter of course, unless objected to, and then the question to be taken 
on the reference - '24 

Reference to the standing- committee shall first be put. When mot: 
are made for reference of the same subject to a select committee and 
to a standing committee, the question on 36 

Referred to a committee. No bill shall be committed or amended until 
twice read, after which it may be 

Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent ExpeL 
of the Senate. Resolutions for payment of money out of, or creating 
a charge on, the contingent fund of the Senate shall be 34 

Referred to a committee, any other subject or matter of a s imil ar nature 
may, on motion, be referred to such committee. When any sub; e 
matter shall have been 35 

Referring them at subsequent sessions unless error be stated to exist m. 
the report, or new evidence be produced. Not in order :. 
take papers or rejected claims from the files for the purpose of 50 

Regulation of such parts of the Capitol as may be set apart for then- - 
the Senate and its officers. The presiding officer of the Senate shall 
have the 49 

Rejected claim from the files for reference, unless error in report or new 

evidence be produced. Not in order to take the papers of a 5$ 

Remarks touching or concerning the character or qualir. : :.l.s 

person nominated by the President to office shall be kept secret. All 
information or 40 

Reported by the committee, the bill, &c, shall again be read a second 
time, <fcc. Should a bill on the third reading be committed, and an 
amendment be 

Reports of committees to be called for after petitions in morning busier- 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OP SENATE. 27 

No. 
Reports of committees shall lie on the table one day for consideration. 

All 26 

Reports of the Committee on Printing in favor of printing additional 

numbers to be accompanied by an estimate of the cost 34 

Report of a committee, in writing, adverse to a claim to preclude its 
renewal, without error be shown in report, or new evidence produced, 
&c 50 

Resolution, as in Committee of the Whole, a chairman may be appointed, 

&c. When the Senate shall consider a 28 

Resolution, &c, requiring tbree readings, shall be, "Whether it shall be 
engrossed and read a third time?" The final question on the second 
reading of any bill 29 

Resolutions on third reading to be amended only by unanimous consent. 29 

Resolution of ratification of treaties. Forms of questions and proceed- 
ings on (see Rule) 38 

Resolution take off the injunction of secrecy. The Senate may by 39 

Resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution, or to which the 
approbation of the President may be necessary, or which may grant 
money out of the contingent or any other fund, shall be treated, in all 
respects, in the introduction and form of proceedings on them in the 
Senate, in a similar manner with bills. All 26 

Resolutions (than the above) shall lie on the table one day for considera- 
tion, and also reports of committees. All other 26 

Resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution. Rule 26 repealed 

so far as regards 26 

Resolutions directing the payment of money out of the contingent fund 
of the Senate, or creating a charge on the same, shall be referred to the 
Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses 34 

Resolutions the same as on bills. Action on joint. — (See Bills.) 

Revolutionary Claims, to consist of five members. A standing Com- 
mittee on 34 

Rules, the President shall, or a member may, call to order. When a 

member shall transgress the . . 6 

S. 

Seat, or sit down. When a member has finished speaking he shall take 

his 3 

Seconded. No motion shall be debated until the same shall be 9 

Seconded shall be written if desired by the President. Motions 10 

Seconded to shut the doors, the gallery shall be cleared, &c. On a mo- 
tion made and 18 

Secrecy, the President shall order the gallery to be cleared, and the doors 
shall remain shut during the discussion. On motion made and seconded 
to shut the doors, on discussion of business which may, in the opinion 
of a member, require 18 



if CTDEX TO STAXDTSG BTTLES OF SE3TATE. 

:• 
Seceect of the Senate. Penalty of an officer or member fin- violating- the 

7 71 :: : 7 : : ~_± 

Secret; and all treaties which mar be laid before the Senate shall also be 

I77 f:;:- — r_ 77 ^::i:t «1j1I :j :7.: 777 7.. 17-7 := :'_t 
7777:7 ::' 7777. -ill 77£i7777 777777:7:7 7:77 :~ 77 
President of the United States to the Senate shall be, b y the members 
thereof, kept 

-I . 7.17. 7 7 177:77:7:1 :: 7777i 7-.I772 :: : 771777 1:t 777:7 
:: .iili£:.irl:z.» : :' 117 7 7- : - z: .~ : r::r: 7 "-- 3 7771: :■: :± . : 
frill -I-;:: 4; 

Secketabt shall take the decision of the President. When the Senate are 

t ■_-: :■':.- 7—7- :. 77 CI 

7 777.77 :::lr ^:-::-l:l ti:t; :::::--t:'::7 ; is 7:7 77 T;:;;-;f 

777: :ir ; :77 71 r 14 

5 eckexam t of the Senate shall also attend to take the minutes of the 
Senate. When the Senate shall be convened by the President of the 
U— 7l s :.i7i 7 377 ::7: 777. 77 ?:^.7:: 7:1: 71.7: Tii 
--:;:::- -1:11 1:71. 1 .7 :if 7: 7 7 7 77 7 :_ 7 17 

-:777 77 :'_: ;::..:::! 7 7x777-7 .77. :1: i7:7-i:-,:i^ 71 1 
:::7 ; ::: 7I 77 7.7777 7:77-7:. "77- 7711; :n :::i:::- 
tial or executive business, the Senate shall be cleared of all persons, 
7777 41 

Secketart, on the next day after sneh proceedings may occur, shall re- 
r_~ :: 77 ?;7 7i; ::' 77 L777: 777 ill 7:7777775 7777: :: 
definitely acted on by the Senate 43 

7 77777 —7i;-: 71 717 :1 77 71,7 17 77 --77:7. V; 777. 

7:77 :rir7.7 ::^7: ; 771-71:7! :•: :l7 7:^:: I7 7: I7777 7 
7 7:77::- :: 7:::77:z:r: 7:1 "7 77:77 1 7 7I1771 
77 77 77 7 7, 7 

Si 77:7777:7. —7 :1:1 7~ 7.7 717 7 

773.7 :1::71. 277: 17 77 E 1 77 7 1 

:. :-7 " 4! 

7 777.77 7." It: :777 7 7- 777c V. "_7 7. 7- 7 

177 7 7 7:"-, 7 53 

777 7 777777 7i: :: .: •:::!_: 777777. 77 1:7:7 777717 
7 :i: 7711712 :: 7-1.:: 7 t 7 :."._ 1:7 "7 - :: ~_:: i::::i- 7e 777 
far reference of the same subject to a 36 

. 77.77 t 7_ . 7 ?: r^ 7: 7 7 :::.".._.: :i 7- ... I 

7 7.-77 1": _77l 7 77". ; 7 71 7 777: :: :i:.:- 777 7- 

7 7:1: 2 

77.71. 77 7:7"::: 5"- ill 771 77: :77i : 77 7 117 :_: 77::. :n 

-t : 7 : 4 

Sexate. Any member eaDed to order shall sit down and not proceed 

-77 7 7 77 7 7 7 E 

Sesate. Every question of order decided by the President, without de- 
bate, subject; to an appeal to the 6 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 29 

No. 
Senate he shall be called to order, &c. If any member transgress the 

rules of the 6 

Senate on any question of order. The President may call for the sense 

of the 6 

Senate may send for absent members. A less number than a quorum of 

the 8 

Senate shall convene they may send for absent members. In case a less 

number than a quorum of the (see Rule) 8 

Senate without leave first obtained. No member shall absent himself from 

the service of the 8 

Senate when a quorum is convened. Excuse by 'absent members to be 
made to the 8 

Senate. A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without leave of 

the 10 

Senate and without debate. When the reading of a paper is called for 

and objected to it shall be determined by a vote of the 14 

Senate was engaged at the last preceding adjournment shall have prefer- 
ence in the special orders of the day. The unfinished business in 
which the 15 

Senate may for special reason excuse a member from voting. The 16 

Senate or House the names taken alphabetically. Upon a call of the. .. 16 

Senate on business requiring secrecy, the gallery snail be cleared, &c. 

On a motion made and seconded to shut the doors of the 18 

Senate chamber to present any petition, memorial, or address, or to hear 
any such read. No motion in order to admit any person whatsoever 
within the doors of the .' j lg 

Senate. A motion to reconsider not in order when the matter has gone 

out of the possession of the 20 

Senate are equally divided, the Secretary shall take the decision of the 

President. When the 21 

Senate shall be received and read at the table, a brief verbal statement of 
its contents shall be made by the President or the member introducing 
it. Before any petition, &c, addressed to the (see Rule) 24 

Senate. All bills reported by a committee after first reading shall be 

printed for the use of the 25 

Senate without special order. No paper or document, except a bill re- 
ported by a committee, shall be printed for the use of the 25 

Senate in a similar manner with bills. All joint resolutions, and those 

granting money, shall be treated in proceedings on them in 26 

Senate unanimously direct otherwise. Every bill shall receive three read- 
ings, on different days, unless the 26 

Senate shall consider a treaty, bill, or resolution, as in Committee of the 
Whole, the Vice-President or President pro tempore may call a member 
to fill the chair, &c. When the 28 



30 INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 

No. 

Senate in the same manner as if the Senate were in Committee of the 
Whole, before they shall be taken up and proceeded on by the Senate, 
agreeably to the standing rules, unless otherwise ordered. All bills, 
on a second reading, shall be considered by the 28 

Senate during that session, or moved by direction of a committee of the 
Senate, &c, may be received to a general appropriation bill. An 
amendment to carry out the provisions of any act or resolution passed 
by the 30 

Senate shall proceed to consider a special order taken up, unless postponed 

by vote of the Senate. The 31 

Senate. Special orders snail not lose their position on the calendar, ex- 
cept by direction of the 31 

Senate. Special orders to have precedence over general orders, unless 

postponed by a vote of the 31 

Senate, when not acting as in Committee of the "Whole, shall be entered 
on the journal as concisely as possible, care being taken to detail a true 
and accurate account of the proceedings ; but every vote of the Senate 
shall be entered on the journal, and a brief statement of the contents 
of each petition, memorial, or paper presented to the Senate shall also 
be inserted on the journal. The proceedings of the 33 

Senate. The Committae on Engrossed Bills shall examine all bills, 
amendments, resolutions, or motions, before they go out of the posses- 
sion of the 34 

Senate will proceed by ballot to appoint the chairmen of standing com- 
mittees, and the other members, and also all other committees. The 
(see Rule) 35 

Senate, a future day shall be assigned, unless the Senate unanimously 
direct otherwise, for taking them into consideration. When nomina- 
tions shall be made in writing by the President of the United States 
to the 37 

Senate in the Senate chamber, the President of the Senate shall have a 
chair on the floor, be considered as the head of the Senate, and his 
chair shall be assigned to the President of the United States. When 
the President of the United States shall meet the 37 

Senate shall be convened by the President of the United States to any 
other place, the President of the Senate and senators shall attend at 
the place appointed. The Secretary of the Senate shall also attend to 
take the minutes of the Senate. When the 37 

Senate on treaties communicated by the President. Proceedings of the. 38 

Senate shall be by the members thereof kept secret until the Senate re- 
move the injunction of secrecy. All treaties and confidential commu- 
nications made by the President of the United States to the 39 

Senate relative to the character or qualifications of any person nominated 
to office shall be kept secret. All information or remarks made in the 40 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 31 

No. 

Senate shall be cleared of all persons, except the Secretary and the prin- 
cipal or the executive clerk, the sergeant-at-arms, and doorkeeper and 
assistant doorkeeper. When acting on confidential or executive busi- 
ness, the 41 

Senate shall be kept in separate and distinct books. The legislative pro- 
ceedings, the executive proceedings, and the confidential legislative 
proceedings of the 42 

Senate shall be returned by the Secretary on the next day after such 
action is had, &c All nominations approved or definitely acted on by 
the 43 

Senate for that purpose. No paper, except original treaties, transmitted 
to the Senate by the President of the United States, or any executive 
officer, shall be returned or delivered from the office of the Secretary 
without an order of the 43 

Senate, &c. The President of the United States shall, from time to time, 
be furnished with an authenticated transcript of the executive records 
of the 43 

Senate thereon. Messages shall be sent to the House of Representatives 
by the Secretary, who shall previously indorse the final determination 
of the 46 

Senate. Description of persons (and none others) who shall be admitted 

on the floor of the 48 

Senate shall have the regulation of such parts of the Capitol, and of its 
passages, as are or may be set apart for the use of the Senate and its 
officers. The presiding officer of the 49 

Senate. Restriction on presenting rejected claims to 'the (see Rule) 50 

Senate. Penalty of an officer or member for violating the confidence of 

the 51 

Senate. The senators and Secretary before entering upon their duties 
shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by the act of July 2, 1862, 
in open 52 

Senators of the United States. — (See Members.) 

Sense of the Senate on any question of order. The President may call for 

the 6 

S ERG eant-at- Arms, or any other authorized person, may be sent for ab- 
sent members. The 8 

Sergeant-at-Arms and doorkeeper and assistant doorkeeper admitted in 

secret session. The 41 

Session. Organization and commencement of business of each day's 1 

Session, should less than a quorum appear, absent members may be sent 

for, &.c. At the commencement or during any 8 

Session of the Senate, if the matter is in possession of the Senate. A 

motion for reconsideration may be made within two next days of actual 20 

Shut the doors, the gallery shall be cleared. On a motion made and 
seconded to ,.- 18 



32 INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 

No. 
Speak shall address the Chair, stand at his place, and sit down when 

finished. Every member rising to 3 

Speak more than twice in one debate on same day without leave of the 

Senate. No member shall 4 

Speak first; but the member rising and addressing the Chair first shall 
speak first. When two members rise, the President shall name the 
member to 5 

Speaking to another member so as to interrupt business prohibited 2 

Speaking in debate, no interruption to be made by talking, reading news- 
papers, or otherwise. While a member is 2 

Speaking or otherwise shall transgress the rules, he shall be called to order. 

If any member in 6 

Special orders of the day. The unfinished business at preceding adjourn- 
ment shall have preference in the 15 

Special order, it shall be the duty of the Chair to take up such special 
order, and the Senate shall proceed to consider it, unless it be post 
poned by vote of the Senate. When the hour shall have arrived for 
the consideration of a 31 

Special orders, according to the order of time for which they were assigned, 
and at which they were assigned, and over general orders, &c. Prece- 
dence of 31 

Special orders shall not lose their position on account of intervening ad- 
journments ; nor shall they lose their relative position on the calendar, 
except by vote of the Senate, until finally disposed of 31 

Special orders shall always have precedence of general orders, unless such 
special orders shall be postponed by direction of the Senate. When 
two or more subjects shall have been assigned for the same hour, the 
subject first assigned for that hour shall take precedence, but 31 

Special order not to be made without the concurrence of two-thirds present- 31 

Specially assigned for consideration, they shall take precedence according 
to the order of time at which they were severally assigned, and such 
order shall at no time be lost or changed, except by the direction of 
the Senate. When two or more subjects shall have been 31 

Standing committees of the Senate, shall not be referred to the Committee 

on Printing. Motions to print, by order of the 34 

Standing committees of the Senate shall be appointed at the commencement 
of each session, with leave to report by bill or otherwise, viz : 

On Foreign Eelations, to consist of seven members 34 

On Finance, to consist of seven members 34 

On Appropriations, to consist of seven members 34 

On Commerce, to consist of seven members 34 

On Manufactures, to consist of five members 34 

On Agriculture, to consist of five members 34 

On Military Affairs and the Militia, to consist of seven members 34 

On Naval Affairs, to consist of seven members 34 

On Judiciary, to consist of seven members 34 



INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 33 

No. 

On Post Offices and Post Koads, to consist of seven members 34 

On Public Lands, to consist of seven members 34 

On Private Land Claims, to consist of five members 34 

On Indian Affairs, to consist of seven members 34 

On Pensions, to consist of seven members 34 

On Revolutionary Claims, to consist of five members 34 

On Claims, to consist of seven members 34 

On District of Columbia, to consist of seven members „ 34 

On Patents and the Patent Office, to consist of five members 34 

On Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist of five members 34 

On Territories, to consist of seven members 34 

On the Pacific Railroad, to consist of nine members 34 

On Mines and Mining, to consist of seven members 34 

To Audit and Control the Contingent Fund, to consist of three members 34 

On Printing, to consist of three members 34 

On Engrossed Bills, to consist of three members 34 

. On Enrolled Bills, to consist of three members 34 

Standing committees, the Senate will proceed, by ballot, severally to ap- 
point the chairman of each committee, and then, by one ballot, the 
other members necessary to complete the same ; and a majority of the 
whole nnmber of votes given shall be necessary to the choice of a 
chairman of a standing committee. All other committees shall be 
appointed by ballot, and a plurality of votes shall make a choice. In 

the appointment of the 35 

Standing committee shall first be put. When motions are made for refer- 
ence of the same subject to a select committee and- to a standing com- 
mittee, the question on reference to the 36 

States, not referred to the Committee on Printing. Motions to print docu- 
ments from the legislatures or conventions lawfully called of the 34 

Strike out and insert shall not be divided. A motion to 12 

Strike out and insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion to strike 
out and insert a different proposition, nor a motion simply to strike 
out, nor shall the rejection of this prevent a motion to strike out and 

insert. A motion to „ 12 

Subject or matter shall have been referred to a committee, any other sub- 
ject or matter of a similar nature may, on motion, be referred to such 

committee. When any 35 

Sum first put. In filling blanks the largest 13 

Suspend the 16th and 17th joint rules, &c, always in order, &c. A mo- 
tion to 26 

T. 

Table, and read before being debated. A motion made and seconded shall 
be reduced jto writing, if desired, delivered in at the 10 

Table, &.c. — (See Rule.) When a question is under debate no motion shall 

be received but to lie on the 11 

9 



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Treatt. bill, or resolution, as in Commi nan 

may be appointed by the presiding officer, &c Whet the Senate shall 

consider a... 

Treatt shall be laid before the Senate for ratification. ; it shall I 

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Treaties, &c, shall be retained or deliTered from the orE . a . re- 

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INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 35 

No. 

Two-thirds requisite to decide affirmatively on all amendments to treaties, 

and on the final question of ratification of treaties 38 

Two-thirds shall not be requisite except on the final question. When an 
amendment to the Constitution is under consideration the concur- 
rence of 44 

Two-thirds of the members present are necessary to carry the affirmative, 
any member who votes on that side which prevailed in the question 
may be at liberty to move for a reconsideration ; and a motion for 
reconsideration shall be decided by a majority of votes. When any 
question may have been decided by the Senate in which 45 

Two-thirds present. No special order to be made without concurrence of. 31 

IT. 

Unanimous consent of the members present. On the third reading of any 

bill, &c, no amendment shall be received unless by the 29 

Unanimously direct otherwise. When nominations are made a future 

day shall be assigned for their consideration, unless the Senate 37 

Unfinished business at preceding adjournment shall have preference in 

special orders of the day. The 15 

V. 

Verbal statement of contents of a petition, &c, to be made before being 
received or read at the table. A brief 24 

Vice-President, or President of the Senate pro tem., shall have the right 
to name a member to perform the duties of the Chair ; but such sub- 
stitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment. The A 23 

Vice-President, or President pro tem., may call a member to fill the 
chair, &c. When the Senate shall consider a treaty, bill, or resolution 
in Committee of the Wliole, the 23 

Vice-President of the United States. — (See President of the Senate.) 

Vote of the Senate, and without debate. When the reading of a paper is 

objected to it shall be determined by a 14 

Vote, unless for special reasons he be excused; On every question taken 

by yeas and nays, each member shall 16 

Vote. When a decision is announced from the Chair no member shall be 

permitted to 17 

Vote may be made before the subject has gone out of the possession of the 
Senate, if made same day or within two next days of actual session. 
On motion by one of the majority, the reconsideration of a 20 

Vote of the Senate, the Secretary shall take the decision of the President. 

When there is a tie 21 

Vote of the Senate. Special orders shall have precedence over general 

orders unless postponed by a 31 

Vote of the Senate shall be entered on the journal. Every 33 



36 INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF SENATE. 

_ . . , No. 

\ otes given is necessary ; and in appointment of all the committees, 

•with that exception, a plurality of votes will make a choice. In the 

appointment of the chairmen of standing committees a majority of all 

foe 35 

Totes on amendments, &c, to treaties confirmed by the Senate shall be 

reduced to the form of a ratification, &c 33 

Votes on that side which prevailed may move for a reconsideration, which 
shall be decided by a majority of votes. When two-thirds are requi- 
site, any member who 45 

W. 

Withdrawn by the mover before decision, amendment, or ordering of 
the yeas and nays, except a motion to reconsider, &c. Any motion 
may be 10 

Withdrawn without leave of the Senate. A motion to reconsider shall 

not be 10 

Words of a senator called to order shall be taken down in writing, to 

enable the President to judge. The exceptionable 7 

Writtng, &c. Exceptionable words in debase called to order shall be 

taken down in 7 

Writing, if desired by the President. A motion made and seconded shall 

be reduced to 10 

Y. 

Yeas and nays are ordered, a motion cannot be withdrawn by the mover 

without leave of the Senate. When the 10 

Yeas and nays, and on a call of the house, the names of the members 

shall be taken alphabetically. In taking the 16 

Yeas and nays shall be called for by one-fifth of the senators present, each 
shall answer, without debate, unless excused for special reason. When 
the '. 16 

Yeas and nays are taken, no member shall vote after the decision is an- 
nounced from the Chair. When the 17 

Yeas and nays. Every question shall be put by the President of the Senate, 
and the members shall signify their assent or dissent by answering aye 
or no, or by 22 

Yeas and nays are being called, &c. Messengers are introduced in any 

state of business, except while the 47 



INDEX 

TO 

THE JOINT RULES OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS. 



A. 



No. 



Address to the President of the United States, it shall be presented to 
him in his audience chamber by the President of the Senate, in the 
presence of the Speaker and both houses. When the Senate and 
House of Representatives shall judge it proper to make a joint 11 

Adhered to their disagreement, a bill or resolution shall be lost. After 

each house shall have 15 

Amendments between the Senate and House of Representatives. Regu- 
lations for conference on 1 

B. 

Bills agreed to in one house and dissented to in the other, if either house 
shall request a conference and appoint a committee, and the other 
house shall also appoint a committee, they shall freely confer, &c, 
(see Rule for proceedings) 1 

Bills are on their passage between the two houses, they shall be on paper, 
and under the signature of the Secretary or Clerk of each house, 
respectively. While , 5 

Bill shall have passed both houses, it shall be duly enrolled on parch- 
ment by ihe Clerk of the House of Representatives or Secretary of 
the Senate, as the bill may have originated in the one or the other 
house, before it shall be presented to the President of the United 
States. After a 6 

Bills are enrolled, they shall be examined by a joint committee of two 
from the Senate and two from the House of Representatives, appointed 
as a standing committee for that purpose, who shall carefully compare 
the enrolment with the engrossed bills, as passed in the two houses, 
and, correcting any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled 
bills, make their report forthwith to their respective houses. When.. 7 

Bill shall be signed in the respective houses, first by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, then by the President of the Senate. After 
examination and report, each 8 



■: ^ IXDEX TO JODTT BUL£- 

Bell shall have been thus signed in each house, it shall he presented by 
the said committee to the President of the United States for his appro- 
bation, (it being first indorsed on the back of the roll, certifying in 
which house the same originated, which indorsement shall be signed 
by the Secretary or Clerk, as the case may be, of the house in which 
the same did originate,) and shall be entered on the journal of each 
house. The said committee shall report the day of presentation to the 
President, which time shall also be carefully entered on the journal of 
each house. After a 9 

Bills. Ail orders, resolutions, and votes which are to be presented to the 
President of the United States for his approbation shall also, in the 
same manner, be previously enrolled, examined, and signed, and shall 
be presented in the same manner, and by the same committee, as pro- 
vided in the cases of bills 10 

Bnx or resolution which shall have passed in one house is rejected in the 
other, notice thereof shall be given to the house in which the same 
shall have passed. When a 12 

Bell or resolution which has been passed in one house shall be rejected in 
the other, it shall not be brought in during the same session without a 
notice of ten days, and leave of two-thirds of that house in which it 
shall be renewed. When a 13 

Bill or resolution shall be founded. Each house shall transmit to the 

other all papers on which any 14 

Bell or resolution shall be lost. After each house shall have adhered to 

their disagreement, a 15 

Bell that shall have passed one house shall be sent for concurrence to the 

other on either of the last three days of the session. Ne 16 

(For motion to suspend, see 26th Bule of Senate.) 

Bnx or resolution that shall have passed the House of Representatives and 
the Senate shall be presented to the President of the United States for 

his approbation on the last day of the session. Mo 17 

(For motion to suspend, see 26th Rule of Senate.) 

Bells which have passed one house are ordered to be printed in the other, 
a greater number of copies shall not be printed than may be necessary 
for the use of the house making the order. When 18 

Bills, resolutions, or report* which originated in either house, and at the 
close of the next preceding session remain undetermined in either 
house, shall be resumed and acted on in the same manner as if an ad- 
journment had not taken place. After six days from the commence- 
ment of a second or subsequent session of Congress, all -1 

Business consisting of bills, resolutions, or reports, which originated in 
either house, and at the close of the next preceding session remained 
undetermined in either house, shall be resumed and acted on in the 
same manner as if an adjournment had not taken place. After six 
days from the commencement of a second or subsequent session of 
Congress, all (Joint RmU ) 21 



INDEX TO JOTNT RULES. 39 

C. 

No. 

Capitol, or on the public grounds adjacent thereto. No intoxicating 

liquors shall he offered for sale or exhibited within the 19 

Ceremonies and regulations in communicating messages between the two 

houses of Congress 2 

Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, shall sign all bills 

on paper between the two houses. The Secretary of the Senate and.. 5 

Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate, respectively, shall enrol 
on parchment the bills as they may have originated in the one or the 
other house. The , , 6 

Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, shall indorse on each 
enrolled bill in which house it originated. The Secretary of the Senate 
and - 9 

Committees of conference on amendments to bills, &c, between the two 

houses. Regulations for joint 1 

Committee of the two houses. Enrolled bills shall be examined by a 
joint 7 

Committee on the Library, to consist of three members on the part of the 
Senate, and three on the part of the House of Representatives, to 
superintend and direct the expenditure of all moneys appropriated for 
the library, and to perform such other duties as are or may be directed 
bylaw. There shall be a joint 20 

Concurrence to the other on either of the three last days of the session. 

No bill that shall have passed one house shall be sent for 16 

Conferences on disagreeing votes on amendments to bills, &c, between 

the two houses. Regulations for 1 

Correct errors in enrolled bills. The joint committee may 7 

». 

Disagreement a bill or resolution shall be lost. After each house shall 

have adhered to their 15 

Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall announce messages 

from the Senate 2 

Doorkeeper of the Senate shall announce messages from the House of 

Representatives, ( Joint Rule) 3 



Electoral votes for President and Vice-President. Regulating the pro- 
ceedings of the two houses assembled in joint meeting for counting the 22 

Engrossed on paper and signed by the Secretary or Clerk. Bills on 

paper between the two houses shall be ' 5 



40 INDEX TO JOINT RULES. 

No. 

Enrolled on parchment by the Clerk of the House of Eepresentatives, or 
the Secretary of the Senate, as the bill may have originated in the one 
or the other house, before it shall be presented to the President of the 
United States. After a bill shall have passed both houses it shall be 
duly 6 

Enrolled, they shall be examined by a joint committee of two from the 
Senate and two from the House of Eepresentatives, appointed as a 
standing committee for that purpose, who shall carefully compare the 
enrolment with the engrossed bills, as passed in the two houses, and, 
correcting any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bills, make 
their report forthwith to their respective houses. When bills are 7 

Enrolled bill shall be signed in the respective houses, first by the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives, then by the President of the Senate. 
After examination and report, each 8 

Enrolled bills, after being signed by the presiding officer, shall be pre- 
sented by the joint committee to the President of the United States 
for his approbation, and, on their report, the time to be entered on the 
journal 9 

Enrolled, examined, and signed, and shall be presented like bills. All 
orders, resolutions, and votes which are to be presented to the President 
of the United States for his approbation shall also, in the same manner, 
be previously 10 

Enrolled bills not to be presented to the President the last day of the 

session 17 

Errors in enrolled bills. The joint committee may correct 7 

Examined by a joint committee of the two houses. Enrolled bills, &c, 

shall be 7 

O. 

Grounds. No spirituous or malt liquors shall be sold in the Capitol or 

adjacent public 19 

M. 

House of Eepresentatives to the Senate. Regulations and ceremonies 

concerning messages from the 2 

House may determine to be proper. Messages between the two houses 

shall be sent by such persons as a sense of propriety in each 4 

House. The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Repre- 
sentatives shall enrol on parchment the bills as they may have originated 
in the one or the other 6 

House in which the same shall have passed. When a bill or resolution 
which shall have passed in one house is rejected in the other, notice 
thereof shall be given to the 12 

House shall be rejected in the other, it shall not be brought in during the 
same session without a notice of ten days and leave of two-thirds of 
that house in which it shall be renewed. When a bill or resolution 
which has been passed in one 13 



INDEX TO JOINT RULES. 41 

No. 

House shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolution 

shall be founded. Each 14 

House shall have adhered to their disagreement, a bill or resolution shall 

be lost. After each 15 

House shall be sent for concurrence to the other on either of the three last 

days of the session. No bill that shall have passed one J G 

Houses of Congress shall be presented to the President of the United 
States for his approbation on the last day of the session. No bill or 
resolution that shall have passed the two 17 

House are ordered to be printed in the other, a greater number of copies 
shall not be printed than may be necessary for the use of the house 
making the order. When bills which have passed one ]8 

House, and at the close of the next preceding session remained in either 
house, shall be resumed and acted on in the same manner as if an 
adjournment had not taken place. After six days from the com- 
mencement of a second or subsequent session of Congress, all bills, 
resolutions, or reports, which originated in either 21 

Houses on the library. Appointment and duties of the joint committee of 

the two 20 

Houses of Congress. When the two houses shall present a joint address 
to the President, it shall be presented to him in his audience chamber 
by the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Speaker and 
both 11 



Intoxicating liquors shall be offered for sale, or exhibited, within the 

Capitol, or on the public grounds adjacent thereto. No 19 

J. 

Joint committee of conference on amendments to bills between the two 

houses. Regulations for 1 

Joint committee of the two houses. Enrolled bills shall be examined by a 7 

Joint committee of the President of the United States for his approbation, 
and reported to"^the respective houses. Enrolled bills, after being 
signed by the presiding officers, shall be presented by the 9 

Joint committee as provided in the cases of bills. All orders, resolutions, 
and votes which are to be presented to the President of the United 
States for his approbation, shall also be enrolled, examined, and 
signed, and shall be presented in the same manner and by the same. . 10 

Joint Committee on the Library, to consist of three members on the part of 
the Senate and three on the part of the House of Representatives, to 
superintend and direct the expenditure of all moneys appropriated for 
the library, and to perform such other duties as are or may be directed 
by law. There shall be a 20 

Joint meeting of the two houses for counting the electoral votes for Presi- 
dent and Vice-President. Regulating the rjroceedings in 22 

10 



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INDEX TO JOINT RULES. 43 

No. 
Presented to the President of the United States by the joint committee 

for his approbation, (being first indorsed on the back of the roll by 

the Secretary or Clerk certifying in which house it originated,) thb 

presentation to be entered on the journal, when the committee shall 

report the day of presentation to the President. After an enrolled 

bi 11 shall be signed it shall be 9 

Presented to the President shall be enrolled, signed, and presented like 

bills. All orders, .resolutions, and votes which are to be 10 

Presented to him in his audience chamber by the President of the Senate, 
in the presence of the Speaker and both houses. When the Senate 
and House of Representatives shall judge it proper to make a joint 
address to the President of the United States, it shall be 11 

President of the Senate. After examination and report, each enrolled bill 

shall be signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and . . 8 

President of the Senate, in the presence of the Speaker and both houses. 
When the Senate and House of Representatives make a joint address 
to the President, it shall be presented to him in his audience chamber 
by the 11 

President of the United States. Bills passed by both houses shall be 

enrolled on parchment, &c, before they shall be presented to the (i 

President of the United States for his approbation/ Enrolled bills, after- 
being signed, &c, shall be presented by the joint committee to the.. 9 

President of the United States shall be enrolled, signed, and presented 
like bills. All orders, resolutions, and votes which are to be presented 
to the v 10 

President of the United States, it shall be presented to him in his audience 
chamber by the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Speaker 
and both houses. When the Senate and House of Representatives 
shall judge it proper to make a joint address to the 11 

President of the United States for his approbation on the last day of the 
session. No bill or resolution that shall have passed the two houses 
shall be presented to the 17 

President and Vice-President. Regulating the proceedings of the two 

houses assembled in joint meeting for counting the electoral votes for. 22 

Printed in the other, a greater number of copies shall not be printed than 

vj may be necessary for the use of the house making the order. When 

bills which have passed one house are ordered to be 18 

Public grounds adjacent thereto. No intoxicating liquors shall be offered 

for sale or exhibited within the Capitol, or on the 19 

R. 

Rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the house in which 
the same shall have passed. When a bill or resolution which shall 
have passed in one house is 12 

Rejected in the other, it shall not be brought in during the same session 
without notice of ten days, and leave of two-thirds of that house in 
which it shall be renewed. When a bill or resolution which has been 
passed in one house shall be - 13 



44 INDEX TO JOINT RULES. 

No. 
Report to the respective houses. The Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills 

shall, after examination, forthwith 7 

Reports originating in either house, and undisposed of at the end of the 

next preceding session, shall be resumed and acted on, after six clays 

from the commencement of a second or subsequent session, in same 

manner as if an adjournment had not taken place 21 

Resolutions, &c, which are to be presented to the President shall be 

enrolled, examined, and signed, and presented like bills 10 

RESOLUTIONS originating in either house, and undisposed of at the end of 

the next preceding session, shall be resumed and acted on, after six 

clays from the commencement of a second or subsequent session, in 

same manner as if an adjournment had not taken place 21 

S. 

Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, re- 
spectively, shall sign all (engrossed) bills on passage between the two 
houses. The 5 

Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, re- 
spectively, shall enrol on parchment the bills as they may have origi- 
nated in the one or the other house, &c The 6 

Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, re- 
spectively, shall indorse on each enrolled bill in which house it origi- 
nated 9 

Senate to the House of Representatives. Regulations and ceremonies for 

messages from the 2, 3 

Senate and House of Representatives shall judge it proper to make a joint 
address to the President, it shall be presented to him in his audience 
chamber by the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Speaker 
and both houses. When the 11 

SESSION. No bill that shall have passed one house shall be sent for con- 
currence to the other on either of the three last days of the 16 

Session. No bill or resolution that shall have passed the two houses shall 
be presented to the President of the United States for his approbation 
on the last day of the 17 

Signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of 

the Senate. After examination and report, each enrolled bill shall be. 8 

Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of the Senate. 
After examination and report, each enrolled bill shall be signed by 
the - 8 

Spirits prohibited in the Capitol or Capitol grounds. Intoxicating 19 

Two-THlRDS of that House in which it shall be renewed. When a bill or 
resolution which lias been passed in one house shall be rejected in the 
other, it shall not be brought in during the same session without notice 
i f ten da 1 s and leave of 13 



INDEX TO JOINT RULES. 45 

u. 

No. 

Unfinished business at the close of a first session of Congress, which 
originated in either house, &c, shall be resumed, after six days from 
the commencement of a second or subsequent session, in the same 
manner as if an adjournment had not taken place. The 21 



Vice-President. Regulating the proceedings of the two houses assembled 

in joint meeting for counting the electoral votes for President and 22 

Votes, resolutions, and orders which are to be presented to the President 
shall be enrolled, signed, and presented like bills 10 

Votes for President and Vice-President. Regulating the proceedings of 
the two houses assembled in joint meeting for counting the electoral.- 22 



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